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yesterday  mormng  at  8i  0     ^^_^^   Thayer,   D.  P- 

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Cotton,  the  first  n,in,ster  of  Bosto  ^^^^  ^^^^^,^,,  j.^t 
Lancaster,  in  August  1  ,  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  jj^^,„„  ,„ 
entered  upon  ^^^ -^^'^J'"  apprentice  in  the  count- 
early  life  and  --'^l^^^i;';;^  Mr.  John  M.  Mars- 

L^roor.   of  his  ^^^.^^  " -.-^^  ^«  ^ 
ton.whereheremamedafewj^      '      ^^  ^^^^^  ^^^ 
his  pursuits  to  one  more  con^jal  ^^    ^^^^^^,. 

^  better  suited  to  his  talents,  that^of  ^^^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^.^  , 

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criminating  i-'^^^^^'^^^^Z  a  banking  house  of 
fortune,  and  became  the  hea  ^^^^^^.^^ 

enabled  h"«  *° '*;'"''  'i,b  ^as  with   no   sparing 
Lith  his  d'^P^^^^^'^^^nJtutions.  religious,  lit- 

hand.     Numerous  P^^^^    ^^  '^^  .„,,bted  to  his  lib- 
erary.andohantab^e.ha  ebee^^^^_^^^^  ^^^ 

erality ;  ^-^^^^^.^^^  itLhu^  General  Hospital. 

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the  public  never  heard  ^^^  eminently  kind 

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and  affectionate.     Hew  ^^^ent  in   Har- 

hy  his  former  -^e.  a  -^  o  is^  ^^  ^^^  ^  ^^^^^^^^ 
vard  College.    A  true  t.  ^^^  ^^^^y 

attendant  on  public  wo^rship.an^d^^^  ^^^^^^^  .^  ^^.^^ 

years  a  communicant  m   t  ^^3.       Uon. 

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His  death,  although  not  unexp  .        ,^ 

Leaded  him  from  a  P-J^l^f^^,  ,f,,,es  where  he 

nevertheless  casts  a  ^^-^<^^J^^^  ^^^,  ,^,  ^Merchant 

L.^s  known.   We  cannot  but  feem  ^^^^  ^^\ 

PHoces'' whose  stain  ess  an^^^ 

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ABBOTT,  CHARLES  CONRAD.  The  birds  about 
us.  By  Charles  Conrad  Abbott .  .  .  Philadelphia,  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Company,  1895.  xi,  9-288  pp.  illus.,  24  pi. 
(incl.  front.)   I9§*="- 

ABBOTT,  CHARLES  CONRAD.  The  Carolina 
Wren;  a  year  of  its  life.  By  Charles  C.  Abbott,  M.D. 
[1884.]  pp.  21-25.  23*''°'  (From  the  American  Natural- 
ist, Jan.,  1884.) 

ABBOTT,  CHARLES  CONRAD.  Clear  skies  and 
cloudy.  By  Charles  C.  Abbott,  M.D.  Philadelphia 
and  London,  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.,  1899.  316  pp. 
front.;  illus.  with  photographs.    18*^ 


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ABBOTT,  FRANCES  MATILDA.  Birds  and 
flowers  about  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  By  Frances 
M.  Abbott  .  .  .  Concord,  N.  H.,  Rumford  Printing 
Company,  1906.   xxi  pp.,  11.,  140  pp.,  11.    i8*^' 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES  OF 
PHILADELPHIA.  Proceedings  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia.  Philadelphia. 
Printed  for  the  Academy,  1859-1903-04.  36  vols. 
Dated  1 858-1 903.  col.  pis.  maps  and  illus.  24*™' 

ADAMS,  HENRY  GARDINER.  Hummingbirds, 
described  and  illustrated.  By  H.  G.  Adams  .  .  .  With 
eight  coloured  plates.  London,  Groombridge  &  Sons. 
[1856.]  2  pp.  I.,  144  pp.  illus.,  8  col.  pi.  (incl.  front.) 
l8§""- 


JOHN  E.  THAYER  COLLECTION 

ADAMS,  HENRY  GARDINER.  Nests  and  eggs  of 
familiar  birds,  described  and  illus.  with  an  account  of 
the  haunts  and  habits  of  the  feathered  architects,  and 
their  times  and  modes  of  building.  By  H.  G.  Adams. 
Illus.  with  1 6  col.  pi.  London,  Groombridge  &  Sons, 
1871.  238  pp.  front,  col.  col.  pi.  19*™' 

ADAMS,  HENRY  GARDINER.  The  smaller  Brit- 
ish birds,  with  descriptions  of  their  nests,  eggs,  habits, 
etc.  By  H.  G.  and  H.  B.  Adams,  illustrated  with  col- 
oured plates  of  birds  and  eggs.  London,  Gibbing, 
1894.  iv,  252  pp.  32  col.  pi.  front.  27*™' 

ADAMSON,  CHARLES  MURRAY.  Another 
book  of  scraps  principally  relating  to  natural  history, 
with  37  lithograph  illus.  from  pen  and  ink  sketches  of 
wild  birds.  By  Charles  Murray  Adamson.  Adcun 
Reid  .  .  .  1882.   56  pp.  36  illus.  12^x28"^' 

AGASSIZ,  LOUIS.  A  journey  in  Brazil.  By  Prof, 
and  Mrs.  Louis  Agassiz.  Boston,  Ticknor  &  Fields, 
1868.  xix,  540  pp.  front,  illus.  22§'^- 

AGASSIZ,  LOUIS.  Principles  of  zoology:  touching 
the  structure,  development,  distribution  and  natural 
arrangement  of  the  races  of  animals,  living  and  extinct. 
With  numerous  illus.  .  .  .  Part  I.  Comparative  physi- 
ology. By  Louis  Agassiz  and  Augustus  A.  Gould. 
Boston,  Gould,  Kendall  &  Lincoln,  1848.  xix,  216  pp. 
front,  illus.  20°°' 

AGASSIZ,  LOUIS.  Thayer  Expedition.  Scientific 
results  of  a  journey  in  Brazil.  By  Louis  Agassiz. 
Geology  and  Physical  Geography  of  Brazil.  By  Ch. 
Fred.  Hartt,  with  illus.  and  maps.  Boston,  Fields, 
Osgood  &  Co.,  1870.    xxiii,  620  pp.  front,  illus.  maps. 


BOOKS  ON  ORNITHOLOGY 

ALBERT,  FREDERICO.  Contribuciones  al  estudio 
de  aves  Chileans.  Por  Frederico  Albert.  Santiago  de 
Chile,  Imprenta  Cervantes,  1 898-1 901.    pp.  160-580. 

ALB  IN,  ELEAZAR.  A  natural  history  of  birds. 
Illus.  with  loi  copper  pis.  curiously  engraved  from  the 
life.  Pub.  by  the  author,  Eleaizar  Albin,  and  carefully 
colour'd  by  his  daughter  and  self  from  the  originals, 
drawn  from  the  live  birds.  London,  1731-58.  3  vols, 
loi  col.  pi.  3o|"°- 

ALBIN,  ELEAZAR.  A  natural  history  of  birds. 
Illustrated  with  .  .  .  copper  plates,  curiously  engraven 
from  the  life.  And  exactly  colour'd  by  the  author, 
Eleazar  Albin.  To  which  are  added  notes  and  observa- 
tions by  W.  Derham  . . .  London.  Printed  for  W.  Innys 
and  R.  Manby,  1738.    3  vols.   306  col.  pi.  29|x24^'''°' 

Title-pages  of  vols.  1-2  read:  ...  In  two  vols.  Vol.  3 
has  title:  A  natural  history  of  birds  .  .  .  Published  by  the 
author  Eleazar  Albin,  and  carefully  colour'd  by  his  daugh- 
ter and  himself  . . .  vol.  11  (i.e.  vol.  iii). 

Vols.  1-2  were  published  in  1838. 

ALEXANDER  EXPEDITION  TO  ALASKA, 
1907-1909.  University  of  California  publication  in 
Zoology,  1 909-1 1.  Berkeley,  The  University  Press. 
3  vols.  27"°- 

Contents:  I.  Birds  and  mammals  of  the  1907  Alexan- 
der expedition  to  southeastern  Alaska  .  .  .  Introduction. 
J.  Grinnell,  etc.  .  .  .  (Illus.) 

2.  Birds  of  the  1908  Alexander  Alaska  expedition.  With 
note  on  the  avifaunal  relationships  of  the  Prince  William 
Sound  district.  By  Joseph  Grinnell. 

3.  Birds  and  mammals  of  the  1909  Alexander  Alaska 
expedition.  By  Harry  S.  Swarth.   (Map.) 

ALPHERAKY,  SERGIUS.  The  geese  of  Europe 
and  Asia,  being  the  description  of  most  of  the  old  world 


JOHN  E.  THAYER  COLLECTION 

species  by  Sergius  Alph6raky  .  .  .  with  twenty-four 
coloured  plates  by  F.  W.  Frohawk  .  .  .  and  frontis- 
piece by  Dr.  P.  P.  Sushkin.  London,  R.  Ward,  Ltd., 
1905.   ix,  198  pp.,  II.  coL  front.  24  coL  pi.  34|x28"°- 

ALLEN,  GLOVER  MORRILL.  A  list  of  the  birds 
of  New  Hampshire.  By  Glover  M.  Allen  . . .  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Nature  Study  Press,  1903.  2  pp.  i.,  [2^]-222 
pp.  23h"^- 

ALLEN,  JOEL  ASAPH.  The  Masked  Bob-white 
(Colinus  ridgwayi)  of  Arizona  and  its  allies.  By  J.  A. 
Allen.  [1886.]  pp.  273-290.  I  col.  pi.  23*^-  (American 
Mus.  of  Nat.  Hist.  Bulletin  no.  7.) 

ALLEN,  JOEL  ASAPH.  Notes  of  an  ornithological 
reconnoissance  of  portions  of  Kansas,  Colorado,  Wyom- 
ing and  Utah.  By  J.  A.  Allen,  July,  1872.  Cambridge, 
University  Press.    Printed  by  Welch,  Bigelow  &  Co. 

ALLEN,  JOEL  ASAPH.  Notice  of  some  Venezuelan 
birds  collected  by  Mrs.  H.  H.  Smith.  On  a  collection 
of  birds  from  Chapada,  Matto  Grosso,  Brazil,  made 
by  Mr.  H.  H.  Smith.  Notes  on  a  collection  of  birds 
from  Quito,  Ecuador.  List  of  birds  collected  in 
Bolivia  by  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby,  with  field  notes  by  the 
collector.  On  Cyclorhis  vividis  (Vieill)  and  its  near 
allies,  with  remarks  on  other  species  of  the  genus 
Cyclorhis.  Descriptions  of  new  species  of  South 
American  birds  with  remarks  on  various  other  little 
known  species.  On  the  Maximillian  types  of  South 
American  birds  in  the  American  Museum  of  Natural 
History  ...  By  J.  A.  Allen,  [n.  d.  n.  pub.]  v.  p.  24*^- 

ALLEN,  JOEL  ASAPH.  Ornithological  notes  from 
the  west.  By  J.  A.  Allen.  I.  Notes  on  the  birds  of 
Kansas.  II.  Notes  on  the  birds  of  Colorado,  pp.  263- 
404.  22^°"- 


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ALLEN,  JOEL  ASAPH.  The  types  of  the  North 
American  genera  of  birds.  By  J.  A.  Allen.  Author's 
edition  extracted  from  Bulletin  of  the  American 
Museum  of  Natural  Hist.  Vol.  xviii,  Art.  xvi,  pp. 
274-384.    New  York,  April  15,  1907. 

AMERICAN  NATURALIST.  A  popular  illus- 
trated magazine  of  natural  history,  1 868-1 898,  vols. 
1-33.  Boston,  1 868-1 898.  33  vols,  illus.  24"°'  Vols. 
1-9,  pub.  Salem,  Mass.  Vols.  lo-ii,  Boston.  Vols.  12- 
31,  Philadelphia.    Vol.  32,  Boston. 

AMERICAN  ORNITHOLOGISTS'  UNION.  The 
code  of  nomenclature  and  check-list  of  North  Ameri- 
can birds.  Adopted  by  the  American  Ornithologists* 
Union.  Being  the  report  of  the  committee  of  the  union 
on  classification  and  nomenclature.  New  York,  Amer- 
ican Ornithologists'  Union,  1886.  iv,  392  pp.  32^' 
First  edition. 

AMERICAN  ORNITHOLOGISTS'  UNION. 
Check-list  of  North  American  birds  prepared  by  a 
committee  of  the  American  Ornithologists'  Union. 
New  York,  A.O.U.  1895,  1910.  2  vols.  2d  and  3d 
editions.  2d  edition,  xi,  372  pp.  23^*^"*  3d  edition 
(revised),  430  pp.   front,  (map).  24*^"* 

ANDERSON,  CHARLES  JOHN.  Notes  on  the 
birds  of  Damaraland  and  the  adjacent  countries  of 
south-west  Africa.  By  the  late  Charles  John  Anderson. 
Arranged  and  edited  by  John  Henry  Gumey,  with 
some  additional  notes  by  the  editor,  and  an  introduc- 
tory chapter  containing  a  sketch  of  the  author's  life; 
abridged  from  the  original  published  in  Sweden.  Lon- 
don, John  van  Voorst,  1872.  xlviii,  394  pp.  front, 
(map).  3  pi.  23°° 

ANDR£,  E.  a  naturalist  in  the  Guianas.  By  Eugene 
AndrL  With  a  preface  by  Dr.  J.  Scott  Keltic,  with  34 


JOHN  E.  THAYER  COLLECTION 

illus.  and  a  map.  New  York,  Charles  Scribner's  Sons. 
London,  Smith,  Elder  &  Co.,  1904.  xiv,  310  pp.  front, 
port.   34  illus.   map.   23^*™- 

ANTHONY,  ALFRED  WEBSTER.  Birds  of  San 
Pedro  Martir,  Lower  California.  By  A.  W.  Anthony, 
pp.  228-247.  23°°- 

APGAR,  AUSTIN  CRAIG.  Pocket  key  of  the 
birds  of  the  northern  United  States,  east  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains.  By  Austin  C.  Apgar  . . .  Trenton,  N.  J., 
J.  L.  Murphy,  1893.   i  p.  i.,  [5]-63  pp.  I4§^- 

ARCHITECTURE  OF  BIRDS,  THE.  Boston, 
Lilly  &  Wait  and  Carter  &  Hendee . .  .  1831.  xvii, 
390  pp.  illus.  in  text.  17°°'  [Library  of  Entertaining 
Knowledge.] 

ASTLEY,  HUBERT  DELAVAL.  My  birds  in 
freedom  and  captivity.  By  the  Rev.  Hubert  D.  Astley. 
.  .  .  New  York,  E.  P.  Dutton  &  Co. ;  London,  J.  M. 
Dent  &  Co.,  1901.  xvi,  254  pp.  illus.  (incl.  pi.)  23"°- 

ATKINSON,  JOHN.  A  compendium  of  the  orni- 
thology of  Great  Britain,  with  a  reference  to  the 
anatomy  and  physiology  of  birds.  By  John  Atkinson. 
. . .  London.  Printed  for  Hurst,  Robinson  &  Co.,  1820. 
VI  [ix]-xii,  232  pp.  23^- 

ATKINSON,  JOHN.  A  compendium  of  the  orni- 
thology of  Great  Britain,  with  a  reference  to  the 
anatomy  and  physiology  of  birds.  By  John  Atkinson. 
London,  Hurst,  Robinson  &  Co.,  1820.  xii,  232  pp. 
22^°°- 

ATKINSON,  JOHN  CHRISTOPHER.  British 
birds*  eggs  and  nests,  popularly  described.  By  Rev. 
J.  C.  Atkinson  . . .  With  coloured  illustrations  by  W.  S. 


BOOKS  ON  ORNITHOLOGY 

Coleman.  London,  New  York,  Routledge,  Warne  & 
Routledge,  1861.  viii,  182  pp.  12  coL  pL,  fold.  tab.  in 
pocket. 

ATTWATER,  H.  P.  List  of  birds  observed  in  the 
vicinity  of  San  Antonio,  Bexar  County,  Texas.  By 
H.  P.  Attwater.  July,  1892.  230-345  pp.  24' 


,cm. 


AUDEBERT,  J.  B.  Histoire  naturelle  et  g^n^rale 
des  Colibris,  Giseaux-mouches,  Jacamars  Promerops. 
By  J.  B.  Audebert  et  L.  P.  Vieillot.  Paris,  Desray, 
1802.  2  vols.  pi.  34*^*  (Title-page  of  vol.  2:  Histoire 
naturelle  et  g^n^rale  des  Grimpereaux  et  des  Oiseaux  de 
paradis.) 

AUDOUIN,  JEAN  VICTOR.  Audouin's  explica- 
tion sommaire  des  planches  d'oiseaux  de  I'Egypte  et 
de  la  Syrie  publi6es  par  Jules-C6sar  Savigny.  Edited 
by  Alfred  Newton  .  .  .  London,  . .  .  1883.  vii,  139  pp., 
303-456  pp.  22°°-  [The  Willughby  Society.] 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  Audubon  and  his 
journals.  By  Maria  R.  Audubon,  with  zoological  and 
other  notes  by  Elliot  Coues  .  .  .  New  York,  C.  Scrib- 
ner's  Sons,  1897.  2  vols,  front.,  illus.,  13  pi.,  19  port., 
12  facsim.  23*^* 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  Audubon  MSS.  31 
pp.  44°°*  (Containing  a  letter  from  M.  R.  and  Flor- 
ence Audubon,  an  article  on  the  Wild  Turkey,  and  the 
Red  Phalarope.) 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  Audubon's  story  of 
his  youth.  Introduction  by  Maria  R.  Audubon.  267- 
289  pp.  illus.  24^^- 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  [Journal  kept  by  J.  J. 
Audubon  while  on  a  journey  through  the  eastern  states 


JOHN  E.  THAYER  COLLECTION 

and  a  part  of  Canada  to  solicit  subscriptions  for  his 
"Birds  of  America,"  1840-42.]  100  pp.  24|°°-  (MS. 
has  never  been  published.) 

AUDUBON.  JOHN  JAMES.  [Autograph  manu- 
script journal  or  diary,  beginning  Oct.  12,  1820,  and 
continuing  with  slight  gaps  (a  few  leaves  having 
been  cutout)  to  December 31,  1821.]  201  pp.  i  illus. 
33x20*^'  (This  is  apparently  the  first  of  Audubon's 
regular  and  systematic  journals.) 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  The  birds  of  America, 
from  drawings  made  during  a  residence  of  upwards  of 
25  years  in  the  United  States  and  its  territories.  By 
John  James  Audubon  .  .  .  Prospectus.   2  pp.  285*^* 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  The  birds  of  America; 
from  original  drawings.  By  John  James  Audubon  .  .  . 
London.  Pub.  by  the  author,  1827-38.  4  vols.  435  col. 
pl.  99^"- 

Engr.  t.-p. 

Imprint  dates:  vol.  I,  1827-30;  vol.  2,  1831-34;  vol.  3, 
1834-35;  vol.  4,  1835-38. 

Plate  LXiv  drawn  from  nature  by  Lucy  Audubon. 

Plates  i-ii,  vi-vii,  engr.  by  W.  H.  Lizars;  retouched  by 
R.  Havell,  Jr. ;  pl.  viii-ix  engr.  by  W.  H.  Lizars;  pl.  iii-v, 
Ci-cv,  cviii,  ex,  engr.,  printed  and  coloured  by  R.  Havell, 
Jr.;  pl.  x-c,  cvi-cvii,  cix-cxii-ccccxxxv,  engr.,  printed 
and  coloured  by  R.  Havell. 

Plates  II,  VII,  dated  1829;  pl.  cvi-cx,  cxii-cxv,  dated 
1831;  pl.  cxxxi-cxL.,  cxLiii-CLV,  dated  1832;  pl.  clvi- 
CLXxvii,  CLXxix-CLXXXii,  CLXxxiv-CLXxv,  dated  1833; 
pl.  CLXxxvi-cxcvii,  cxcix,  ccii-ccxxxv,  dated  1834;  pl. 
ccxxxvi-ccLXxxv,  ccLXXXVii,  ccLXXXix-ccxc,  dated 
1835;  pl.  ccLxxxvi,  ccLXXXviii,  ccxci-cccL,  dated  1836; 
pl.  cccLi-cccc,  dated  1837;  pl-  cccci-ccccxxxv,  dated 
1838. 

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Plate  CCLX  marked  "CCXL." 

Originally  issued  in  87  pts. 

"The  plates  were  published  without  any  text,  to  avoid 
the  necessity  of  furnishing  copies  gratis  to  the  public 
libraries  in  England,  agreeably  to  the  law  of  copyright." 
—  Sabin,  A  dictionary  of  books  relating  to  America,  vol. 

I.  P-  315- 

Text  to  accompany  the  plates  was  published  in  5  vols, 
rl.  8vo,  Edinburgh,  1831-39,  under  title,  "Ornithological 
biography,  or  an  account  of  the  habits  of  the  birds  of  the 
United  States  of  America  . . ."  Later  editions,  of  text  and 
plates  combined,  with  alterations,  were  published  in  7  and 
8  vols.,  rl.  8vo,  under  title,  "The  birds  of  America,  from 
drawings  in  the  United  States  and  their  territories." 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  The  birds  of  America, 
from  drawings  made  in  the  United  States  and  their 
territories.  New  York:  J.  J.  Audubon;  Philadelphia, 
J.  B.  Chevalier,  1840-44.  7  vols.  col.  pi.  4°.  Vols.  6-7; 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  J.  J.  Audubon,  1843-44. 
Original  edition. 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  Letter  of  John  James 
Audubon  describing  Harlan's  Hawk.   2  pp.  MSS.  32^* 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  The  life  of  John 
James  Audubon  the  naturalist;  ed.  by  his  widow,  with 
an  introduction  by  Jas.  Grant  Wilson.  New  York, 
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AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  Ornithological  bio- 
graphy, or  an  account  of  the  habits  of  the  birds  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  accompanied  by  descrip- 
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"The  birds  of  America,"  and  interspersed  with  deline- 
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Charles  Black  [  .  .  .  printers].  Appendix  in  vol.  5  with 
illus.  in  text. 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  A  synopsis  of  the 
birds  of  North  America.  By  John  James  Audubon  . . . 
Edinburgh:  A.  and  C.  Black,  1839.    xii,  359,  [i]  p. 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  JAMES.  The  quadrupeds  of 
North  America.  By  John  James  Audubon  and  the 
Rev.  John  Bachman,  D.D.,  etc.  New  York.  Published 
by  V.  G.  Audubon,  1849-54.  3  vols.  155  col.  pi.  27*^- 

AUDUBON,  JOHN  WOODHOUSE.  Audubon's 
western  journal,  1 840-1 850.  Being  the  MS.  record  of  a 
trip  from  New  York  to  Texas,  and  an  overland  jour- 
ney through  Mexico  and  Arizona  to  the  gold-fields  of 
California.  By  John  W.  Audubon,  with  biographical 
memoir  by  his  daughter,  Maria  R.  Audubon  .  .  .  with 
folded  map,  port,  and  drawings.  Cleveland,  The 
Arthur  H.  Clark  Co.,  1906.  249  pp.  front,  port, 
illus.  25'='°- 

BACHMAN,  C.  L.  John  Bachman  ...  the  pastor 
of  St.  John's  Lutheran  Church,  Charleston.  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  Walker,  Evans  and  Cogswell  Co.,  1888. 
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BAIKIE,  W.  B.  Historia  naturalis  orcadensis.  Z06I- 
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mammalia  and  birds  hitherto  observed  in  the  Orkney 
Is.  By  W.  B.  Baikie  and  Robert  Heddle.  Edinburgh, 
J.  &  W.  Paterson,  1848.    104  pp.  22|''°- 

BAILEY,  FLORENCE  AUGUSTA  MERRIAM. 
Birds  of  village  and  field.  A  bird  book  for  beginners. 

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By  Florence  A.  Merriam.  Boston  and  New  York, 
Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  1898.  xlix,  406  pp.  front., 
illus.  and  pi.  19"°' 

BAILEY,  FLORENCE  AUGUSTA  MERRIAM. 
Handbook  of  birds  of  the  Western  United  States 
including  the  great  plains,  great  basin,  Pacific  slope, 
lower  Rio  Grande  Valley.  By  Florence  Merriam 
Bailey;  with  thirty- three  full-page  plates  by  Louis 
Agassiz  Fuertes.  .  .  .  3d  ed.,  rev.  Boston  and  New 
York,  Houghton  Mifflin  Company,  1908.  xc,  514  pp. 
front.,  illus.,  plates,  map.   I9|*^* 

BAILEY,  HENRY  BALCH.  Forest  and  Stream 
bird  notes.  Aa  index  and  summary  of  all  the  orni- 
thological matter  contained  in  "Forest  and  Stream," 
vols,  i-xii.  Compiled  by  H.  B.  Bailey.  New  York, 
Forest  and  Stream  Pub.  Co.,  1881.   195  pp.  23''™- 

BAILY,  WILLIAM  L.  Our  own  birds;  a  familiar 
natural  history  of  the  birds  of  the  United  States.  By 
William  L.  Baily.  Rev.  and  ed.  by  Edward  D.  Cope 
.  .  .  Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1869,  1878. 
X,  11-265  PP-  incl.  front.,  illus.,  plates.  i8*^'  2  edi- 
tions.  I 869-1 878. 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  The  birds  of 
North  America;  the  descriptions  of  species,  based 
chiefly  on  the  collections  in  the  Museum  of  the  Smith- 
sonia:n  Institution.  By  Spencer  F.  Baird  .  .  .  with 
the  co-operation  of  John  Cassin  .  .  .  and  George  N. 
Lawrence.  .  .  .  With  an  atlas  of  one  hundred  plates 
.  .  .  Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  i860.  3  pp. 
I.,  [iii]-lvi,  1005  pp.  and  atlas  of  100  col.  pi.  30*™* 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  Birds  of  the 
boundary.     By  Spencer  Fullerton   Baird  .  .  .  with 

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notes  by  the  naturalists  of  the  survey.  32  pp.  25  coL 
pL    29*='°- 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  Birds  of  the 
Pacific  Railway.  By  Spencer  F.  Baird  .  .  .  with  the 
co-operation  of  John  Cassin  and  George  N.  Lawrence. 
V.  p.  30  col.  pi.  aQ*^"-  (U.S.  War  Dept.  explora- 
tions and  surveys  for  a  railroad  route  .  .  .  Wash., 
1858.) 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  A  history  of 
North  American  birds.  By  S.  F.  Baird,  T.  M.  Brewer, 
and  R.  Ridgway.  Land  birds,  illustrated  by  36  plates 
and  593  woodcuts.  .  .  .  Boston,  Little,  Brown  &  Co., 
1875.  3  vols,  illus.,  plates.  28*^ 


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BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  A  history  of 
North  American  birds.  By  S.  F.  Baird,  T.  M.  Brewer, 
and  R.  Ridgway.  Land  birds,  illustrated  by  64  plates 
and  593  woodcuts  .  .  .  Boston,  Little,  Brown  &  Co., 
1905-  3  vols,  illus.,  plates.  26^ 


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BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  The  published 
writings  of  Spencer  Fullerton  Baird,  1 843-1 882.  By 
George  Brown  Goode.  Washington,  Government 
Printing  Office,  1883.  xvi,  377  pp.  22|*''°- 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  Review  of 
American  birds,  in  the  museum  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institution.  By  S.  F.  Baird.  Part  i,  North  and 
Middle  America.  Washington,  Smithsonian  Institu- 
tion, 1864.  iv,  450  pp.  24'^-  Original  edition. 

BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  Review  of 
American  birds,  in  the  museum  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institution,  1864-1872.  478  pp.  Smithsonian  Miscel- 
laneous Collections.    23*^"" 

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BAIRD,  SPENCER  FULLERTON.  ...  The 
water  birds  of  North  America.  By  S.  F.  Baird,  T.  M. 
Brewer,  and  R.  Ridgway.  Issued  in  continuation  of 
the  publications  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  California. 
J.  D.  Whitney,  state  geologist.  Boston,  Little,  Brown 
&  Company,  1884.  2  vols.,  illus.  28"°' 

BAKER,  FRANK  COLLINS.  Notes  on  the  food  of 
birds.   By  F.  C.  Baker.   [1889.]  pp.  266-270.  22^' 

BAKER,  T.  B.  L.  An  ornithological  index,  arranged 
according  to  the  synopsis  avium  of  Mr.  Vigors.  By 
T.   B.   L.   Baker.    London,  .  .  .  1835.    vii,   187  pp. 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  Birds  and  mammals  from 
Honduras.  By  Outram  Bangs.  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Printed  for  the  Museum,  July,  1903.    pp.  141-159. 

22|^"- 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  The  Cuban  Crab  Hawk, 
Urubitinga  gundlachii  (Cabanis).  By  Outram  Bangs, 
[1905.]   pp.  307-309-     24^' 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  Notes  on  birds  from  Costa 
Rica  and  Chiriqui,  with  descriptions  of  new  forms  and 
new  records  for  Costa  Rica.  By  Outram  Bangs,  1906. 
pp.  102-112.  225*^- 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  On  a  collection  of  birds  from 
western  Costa  Rica.  By  Outram  Bangs,  1907.  ("The 
Auk,"  vol.  XXIV,  no.  3,  pp.  287-312.)   24'"°' 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  On  the  Wood  Rails,  genus 
Aramides,  occurring  north  of  Panama.  By  Outram 
Bangs.     Boston,  Ginn  &  Co.,   1907.    pp.   177-187. 

24""- 

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BANGS,  OUTRAM.  Birds  of  the  Isle  of  Pines.  By 
Outram  Bangs  and  W.  R.  Zappey.  Boston,  U.S.A., 
Ginn  &  Co.,  1905.  pp.  179-215.  illus.  with  photo- 
graphs and  maps  in  text.  24*™' 

BANGS,  OUTRAM.  The  vertebrata  of  Gorgona 
Island,  Colombia.  Introduction,  Mammalia.  By 
Outram  Bangs.  Physical  aspect  and  climate.  Fauna. 
By  Wilmot  W.  Brown,  Jr.  Aves.  By  John  E.  Thayer 
and  Outram  Bangs.  .  .  .  Reptilia,  amphibia.  By 
Thomas  Barbour.  Cambridge,  Mass.  Printed  for  the 
Museum,  June,  1905.  pp.  88-102.  33^"°' 

BARLOW,  CHESTER.  The  story  of  the  Faral- 
lones.  Text  by  C.  Barlow,  arranged  and  published  by 
H.  R.  Taylor,  editor  of  "The  Nidologist "  .  .  . 
Alameda,  Cal.,  1897,  un-p.,  illus.  with  photographs. 
13x18^- 

BARROWS,  ANNA.  Eggs;  facts  and  fancies  about 
them.  Compiled  by  Anna  Barrows.  Boston,  D. 
Lothrop  Co.,  1890.   159  pp.  front.,  illus.   i8|''°'- 

BARROWS,  WALTER  BRADFORD.  Economic 
ornithology.  By  Walter  B.  Barrows.  193-200  pp. 
22^"°-    n.  d.,  no  pub.    . 

BARROWS,  WALTER  BRADFORD.  The  Eng- 
lish Sparrow  (Passer  domesticus)  in  North  America, 
especially  in  its  relations  to  agriculture.  Prepared 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  C.  Hart  Merriam,  by  Walter 
B.  Barrows.  Washington,  Government  Printing  Office, 
1889.  405  pp.  map.  23°°- 

BARROWS,  WALTER, BRADFORD.  Michigan 
bird  life.  A  list  of  all  bird  species  known  to  occur  in 
the  state,  together  with  an  outline  of  their  clsissifica- 

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tion  and  an  account  of  the  life  history  of  each  species, 
with  special  reference  to  its  relation  to  agriculture. 
With  70  full-page  plates  and  152  text  figures.  By 
Walter  Bradford  Barrows,  xiv,  822  pp.  70  pi.  152 
illus.     24*= 


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BARTON,  BENJAMIN  SMITH.  Barton's  frag- 
ments of  the  natural  history  of  Pennsylvania.  Edited 
by  Osbert  Salvin  .  .  .  London,  1883.  xviii,  24  pp. 
29°°-  [The  Willughby  Society.] 

BARTRAM,  JOHN.  An  account  of  East  Florida, 
with  a  journal  kept  by  John  Bartran^i  of  Philadelphia, 
botanist  to  His  Majesty  for  the  Floridas;  upon  a  jour- 
ney from  St.  Augustine  up  the  river  St.  John's.  Lon- 
don, W.  Nicoll  &  G.  Woodfall,  1766.  xxii,  90  pp.  20*^' 
Introduction  by  Wm.  Stork. 

BARTRAM,  JOHN.  A  journal  kept  by  John 
Bartram  of  Philadelphia,  botanist  to  His  Majesty  for 
the  Floridas,  upon  a  journey  from  St.  Augustine  up  the 
river  St.  John's.   With  explanatory  notes;  n.  d.   viii, 

70  pp.    20°°' 

The  introduction  to  the  Journal  is  signed  by  Wm. 
Stork,  M.D.    First  edition. 

BARTRAM,  JOHN.  Observations  on  the  inhabit- 
ants, climate,  soil,  rivers,  productions,  animals,,  and 
other  matters  worthy  of  notice,  made  by  Mr.  John 
Bartram  in  his  travels  from  Pensilvania  to  Onondago, 
Oswego,  and  the  Lake  Ontario,  in  Canada,  to  which  is 
annex'd  a  curious  account  of  the  cataracts  at  Niagra. 
By  Mr.  Peter  Kalm,  a  Swedish  gentleman  who  travelled 
there.  London,  Whiston  and  B.  White,  1751.  viii,  94 
pp.  folding  pi.   19^ 


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BARTRAM,  JOHN  TAVENIER.   The  cage  birds 
of  Bermuda ;  their  management  in  confinement,  breed- 

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ing,  rearing,  feeding,  etc.  By  John  Tavenier  Bartram. 
St.  George's,  Bermuda,  1879.  ii,  56  pp.  2i'='°- 

BARTRAM,  WILLIAM.  Travels  through  North 
and  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  East  and  West  Florida, 
the  Cherokee  Country,  the  extensive  territories  of  the 
Muscogulges  or  Creek  Confederacy  and  the  country 
of  the  Chactaws ;  containing  an  account  of  the  soil  and 
natural  productions  of  those  regions,  together  with 
observations  on  the  manners  of  the  Indians.  Embel- 
lished with  copper  plates.  Philadelphia,  James  and 
Johnson,  1791.  xxxiv,  522  pp.   front.,  pi.  20°°" 

BARTRAM,  WILLIAM.  Travels  through  North 
and  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  East  and  West  Florida, 
the  Cherokee  Country,  the  extensive  territories  of  the 
Muscogulges  or  Creek  Confederacy,  and  the  country 
of  the  Chactaws,  containing  an  account  of  the  soil  and 
natural  productions  of  those  regions,  together  with 
observations  on  the  manners  of  the  Indians.  Embel- 
lished with  copper  plates.  By  William  Bartram. 
Dublin,  J.  Moore,  W.  Jones,  R.  M'Allister  and  J.  Rice, 
1793.  xxiv,  520  pp.   front.,  illus.  2i'='°- 

BATES,  FRANK  AMASA.  The  game  birds  of 
North  America;  a  descriptive  check-list.  By  Frank  A. 
Bates  .  .  .  Boston,  B.Whidden,  1896.  118  pp.  front., 
illus.   17^*="- 

BATES,  HENRY  WALTER.  The  naturalist  on  the 
river  Amazon.  A  record  of  adventures,  habits  of  ani- 
mals, sketches  of  Brazilian  and  Indian  life,  and  aspect 
of  nature  under  the  equator  during  eleven  years  of 
travel.  By  Henry  Walter  Bates.  With  memoir  of  the 
author  by  Ed.  Cloud.  Reprint  of  the  unabridged  edi- 
tion, with  map  and  numerous  illus.  London,  John 
Murray,  1892.   Ixxxix,  259  pp.   front.,   port.   24"°- 

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^  BAZIN,  EUGENE.  Scenes  de  la  nature  dans  les 
Etats-Unis  et  le  nord  de  TAmdrique.  Ouvrage  traduit 
d'Audubon,  par  Eugene  Bazin.  Paris,  P.  Bertrand, 
1857.   2  vols.    22'^j- 

BEAL,  FOSTER  ELLENBGRQUGH  LAS- 
CELLES.  The  Blue  Jay  and  its  food.  (In  U.S.  Dept. 
of  Agriculture  Yearbook,  1896.  Washington,  1897. 
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BEAL,  FOSTER  ELLENBOROUGH  LAS- 
CELLES.  The  Crow  Blaclcbirds  and  their  food.  (In 
U.S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture  Yearbook,  1894.  Washing- 
ton, 1895.   pp.  233-248.  illus.)    23^ 


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BEAL,  FOSTER  ELLENBOROUGH  LAS- 
CELLES.  Food  of  the  Bobolink,  Blackbirds,  and 
Crackles.  By  F.  E.  L.  Beal  .  .  .  Washington,  Gov- 
ernment Printing  Office,  1900.  77  pp.  front,  map, 
illus.  23^- 

BEAL,  FOSTER  ELLENBOROUGH  LAS- 
CELLES.  How  birds  affect  the  orchard.  By  F.  E.  L. 
Beal  .  .  .  [Washington,  1901?]   [16]  pp.  22|''°'- 

BECHSTEIN,  JOHANN  MATTHAUS.  Cage  and 
chamber-birds;  their  natural  history,  habits,  food,  dis- 
eases, management,  and  modes  of  capture.  Tr.  from 
the  German  of  J.  M.  Bechstein,  M.D.  With  consider- 
able additions  on  structure,  migration,  and  economy, 
comp.  from  various  sources  by  H.  G.  Adams.  Incor- 
porating the  whole  of  Sweet's  British  Warblers  .  .  . 
London,  H.  G.  Bohn,  1853.  xvi,  500  pp.  illus.  38 
(i.e.  31)  col.  pi.  (incl.  front.).    i8|°°- 

BECKHAM,  CHARLES  WICKLIFFE.  Observa- 
tions on  the  birds  of  southwestern  Texas.    (In  U.S. 

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National  Museum,  Proceedings,  1887,  pp.  633-696.) 
23cm. 

BEDDARD,  FRANK  E.  Animal  coloration;  an 
account  of  the  principal  facts  and  theories  relating  to 
the  colours  and  marking  of  animals.  By  Frank  E. 
Beddard.  With  4  col.  pis. ;  and  woodcuts  in  the  text. 
London,  Swan,  Sonnenschein  &  Co.;  New  York, 
Macmillan  &  Co.,  1892.  vii,  288  pp.  col.  front,  and 
3  col.  pi.   illus.  in  text.  22§°°' 

BEDDARD,  FRANK  E.  The  structure  and  classi- 
fication of  birds.  By  Frank  E.  Beddard,  M.A.,  F.R.S. 
Longmans,  Green  and  Co.,  London,  New  York,  and 
Bombay,  1898.  xv,  548  pp.  252  illus.  in  text.  23°°' 

BEEBE,  CHARLES  WILLIAM.  The  bird,  its 
form  and  function.  By  C.  William  Beebe  .  .  .  with 
over  three  hundred  and  seventy  illustrations,  chiefly 
photographed  from  life  by  the  author.  New  York, 
Henry  Holt  and  Company,  1906.  x,  496  pp.  front., 
illus.  23^'°- 

BEEBE,  CHARLES  WILLIAM.  Two  bird-lovers 
in  Mexico.  By  C.  William  Beebe  .  .  .  illustrated  with 
photographs  from  life  taken  by  the  author.  Boston 
and    New  York,  Houghton,  Mifflin  and    Company, 

1905.  xiii,  407,  [i]  pp.,  II.   front.,  illus.  2i|*'"- 

BEEBE,  CHARLES  WILLIAM.  The  Swans.  By 
C.  William  Beebe;  reprinted  from  the  loth  annual 
report  of  the  N.Y.  Zoological  Society.     New  York, 

1906.  26  pp.  illus.  22^^™- 

BEECHEY,  FREDERICK  WILLIAM.  A  voyage 
of  discovery  towards  the  North  Pole,  performed  in 
H.M.  ships  Dorothea  and  Trent,  under  the  command 

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of  Capt.  David  Buchan,  R.N.,  1818;  to  which  is  added 
a  summary  of  all  the  early  attempts  to  reach  the  Pacific 
by  way  of  the  Pole.  By  Capt.  F.  W.  Beechey.  Pub- 
lished by  authority  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  the 
Admiralty.  London,  Richard  Bently,  1843.  ix,  351  pp. 
front.,  illus.   23*^ 


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BEECHEY,  FREDERICK  WILLIAM.  The  Zool- 
ogy of  Capt.  Beechey 's  voyage;  compiled  from  the 
collections  and  notes  made  by  Capt.  Beechey,  the 
officers  and  naturalists  of  the  expedition,  during  a 
voyage  to  the  Pacific  and  Behring's  Straits  performed 
by  His  Majesty's  ship  Blossom,  under  command  of 
Capt.  F.  W.  Beechey,  in  the  years  1825,  '26,  '27,  and 
*28.  By  J.  Richardson  [Mammalia],  N.  A.  Vigors 
[Ornithology],  E.  T.  Bennett  (etc.).  Illus.  with  up- 
wards of  50  finely  col.  pi.  by  Sowerby.  London,  Henry 
G.  Bohn,  1839.  xii,  180  pp.   col.  pis.  30 


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BELDING,  LYMAN.  Land  birds  of  the  Pacific 
district.  By  Lyman  Belding.  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia academy  of  sciences,  1890.    2  pp.,  i.,  274  pp. 

24*^'°- 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  The  Cowbirds.  By  Maj. 
Charles  Bendire.   589-590  pp.  2  pi.  22§'"°' 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  The  Cowbirds.  By 
Charles  Bendire.  The  Common  Crow  of  the  United 
States,  by  Walter  B.  Barrows  and  E.  A.  Schwarz.  — 
General  report:  Walter  B.  Barrows.  Report  on  Insect 
food:  E.  A.  Schwarz.  Washington,  Government 
Printing  Office,  1895.  v.  p.  illus.,  front.  24'='°- 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  Description  of  the  nest 
and  eggs  of  the  California  black-capped  Gnat-catcher 
(Polioptila  calif omica,    Brewster).    By  Capt.   Chas. 

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Bendire.  —  Notes  on  a  collection  of  birds'  nests  and 
eggs  from  southern  Arizona  Territory.  By  Capt. 
Chas.  Bendire  (1887).  pp.  549-558.  22^'  n.  t.-p. 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES Life  histories  of  North 

American  birds,  from  the  Parrots  to  the  Crackles,  with 
special  reference  to  their  breeding  habits  and  eggs. 
By  Charles  Bendire  .  .  .  with  seven  lithographic 
plates.  Washington,  The  Smithsonian  Institution, 
1895.  ix,  518  pp.   7  col.  pi.  zi^"^' 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  Life  histories  of  North 
American  birds,  with  special  reference  to  their  breed- 
ing habits  and.  eggs,  with  twelve  lithographic  plates. 
By  Charles  Bendire.  Captain  of  U.S.  Army  (retired). 
Washington,  Government  Printing  Office,  1892.  viii, 
446  pp.   12  col.  pi.  2>2>¥'^' 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  Report  on  the  section  of 
birds'  eggs  in  the  U.S.  Nat.  Mus.  for  the  years  end- 
ing June  30,  1886,  '87,  '88,  '89,  '90,  '92.  .  By  Chas. 
Bendire.  v.  p.   22§*^- 

BENDIRE,  CHARLES.  Notes  on  a  collection  of 
birds'  nests  and  eggs  from  southern  Arizona  Territory. 
By  Capt.  Chas.  Bendire,  U.S.A.  (1887.)  551-558  pp. 
2  pi.  22|'^'°- 

BENNETTS,  W.  J.  Notes  on  the  food  of  the  Ruffed 
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BENT,  ARTHUR  CLEVELAND.  A  new  sub- 
species of  Ptarmigan  from  the  Aleutian  Islands.  By 
A.  C.  Bent.  City  of  Washington.  Published  by  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  Jan.  6,  1912.  2  pp.  24!*^ 


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BENT,  ARTHUR  CLEVELAND.  Notes  on  birds 
observed  during  a  brief  visit  to  the  Aleutian  Islands 
and  Bering  Sea  in  191 1.  By  A.  C.  Bent.  City  of  Wash- 
ington, 1912,  Smithsonian  Institution.  29  pp.  25"°* 

BERENS,  S.  L.  The  "Pram"  expedition:  Nansen 
in  the  frozen  world  .  .  .  and  his  journey  across 
Northern  Greenland  with  Lieut.  R.  E.  Peary,  U.S.N. , 
arranged  and  edited  by  S.  L.  Berens.  Pollowed  by  a 
brief  history  of  the  principal  earlier  Arctic  explorations 
from  the  5th  century  to  the  Peary  expedition.  .  .  . 
By  John  E.  Read.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  A.  J.  Holman  & 
Co.,  1897..  viii,  531  pp.  front.,  port.,  illus. ;  t.-p.  in  red 
and  blk. 

BERTHOUD,  HENRY.  Stories  of  bird  life :  a  book 
of  facts  and  anecdotes,  illustrative  of  the  habits  and 
intelligence  of  the  feathered  tribes.  By  Henry  Ber- 
thoud.  With  100  illus.  London,  T.  Nelson  &  Sons, 
Edinburgh,  and  New  York,  1875.  xii,  320  pp.  front. 
100  illus.   i8^"°- 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  general  history  of  quad- 
rupeds. The  figures  engraved  on  wood.  By  Thomas 
Bewick.  The  fifth  edition.  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
Printed  by  Edward  Walker,  for  T.  Bewick  and  S. 
Hodgson,  1807.  x,  525  pp.  illus.  22°°* 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  general  history  of  quad- 
rupeds. The  figures  engraved  on  wood.  By  Thomas 
Bewick.  London,  B.  Quaritch,  1885.  xi,  526  pp. 
26""- 

Vol.  3  of  Memorial  edition. 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
The  figures  engraved  on  wood.  By  T.  Bewick  .  .  . 
and  a  supplement,  with  additional  figures.  Newcastle. 
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and  E.  Charnley,  Newcastle;  and  Longman  &  Co., 
London,  1821.  2  vols,    illus.  22"°' 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
By  Thomas  Bewick.  Newcastle:  Printed  by  Edw. 
Walker,  Pilgrim  St.,  for  T.  Bewick,  .  .  .  1826.  2  vols, 
illus.  23^' 

This  was  the  last  edition  superintended  by  T.  Bewick, 

who  died  in  1828. 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
By  Thomas  Bewick  .  .  .  Newcastle.  Printed  by  J. 
Blackwell  &  Co.,  for  R.  E.  Bewick;  sold  by  him,  Long- 
man &  Co.,  London,  1847.  2  vols,  illus.  23°"' 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
London,  B.  Quaritch,  1885.  2  vols,  illus.  76"°' 

Half-title:  Memorial  edition  of  Thomas  Bewick's  work. 
Vols.  1-2.  Limited  ed.  of  750  numbered  copies. 

Letterpress:  Vol.  i, by  R.  Beilby,  rev.  by  T.  Bewick;  vol. 
2,  by  H.  Cotes. 

Memorial  edition  numbered  copies  83  and  89. 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  memoir  of  Thomas 
Bewick,  written  by  himself.  Embellished  by  numerous 
wood  engravings,  designed  and  engraved  by  the  author 
for  a  work  on  British  fishes  and  never  before  published. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  London,  .  .  .  1862.  xix,  344  pp. 
front.,  vignette  illus.  in  appendix.  24*™* 

BEWICK,  THOMAS.  A  memoir  of  Thomas 
Bewick,  written  by  himself.  Embellished  by  numerous 
wood  engravings  designed  by  the  author  for  a  work  on 
British  fishes.  A  new  edition  prefaced  and  annotated 
by  Austin  Dobson.  London,  B.  Quaritch,  1887.  xxviii, 
343  pp.  26°^- 

Vol.  5  in  set  of  Bewick  works,  memorial  edition.  2 
copies  numbered  83  and  89. 

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BIGELOW,  HENRY  B.  On  hybrids  between  the 
Mallard  (Anas  boschas)  and  certain  other  ducks.   By 
Henry  B.  Bigelow,  1907.  ("The  Auk,"  vol.  24, 1907, 
pp.  383-388.)   24-°- 
Autograph  copy. 

BIGLAND,  JOHN.  A  natural  history  of  birds, 
fishes,  reptiles,  and  insects  by  John  Bigland.  Illus.  by 
12  col.  pi.  engraved  mostly  from  original  drawings. 
Philadelphia.  Pub.  by  John  Grigs,  1828.  x,  179  pp. 
12  col.  pi. ;  front,  col. ;  also  ist  t.-p.  Two  copies.  1828- 
1832.  Later  bound  under  title  of  "History  of  Birds, 
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Date  on  col.  t.-p.  1828,  and  on  next  p.  1832.    Very 

little  difference  in  two  editions. 

BIRTWELL,  FRANCIS  J.  Observations  on  color- 
changes  in  the  genus  Buteo,  apparently  due  to  aptoso- 
chromatism.    By  Francis  J.  Birtwell,   1903.    14  pp. 

22|^'°- 

BIRTWELL,  FRANCIS  J.  The  occurrence  of 
Aptosochromatism  in  Passerina  cyanea.  By  F.  J. 
Birtwell,  1900.  (From  "Science,"  vol.  11,  n.  s.,  no. 
769,  pp.  291-299.)    22*^"* 

BLAAUW,  F.  E.  A  monograph  of  the  Cranes.  By 
F.  E.  Blaauw.  Illus.  by  22  col.  pi.  .  .  .  by  Heinrich 
Leutemann  and  J.  G.  Keulemans.  Leiden  and  London, 
E.  J.  Brill,  R.  H.  Porter,  1897.  viii,  64  pp.  18  col.  pi. 
48*="- 

BLACKBURN,  MRS.  HUGH.  Birds  drawn  from 
nature.  By  Mrs.  Hugh  Blackburn.  Edmonston  & 
Douglas,  Edinburgh,  1862.  23  pi.  with  preface  and 
index.  38*='°- 

BLACKWELDER,  ELIOT.  Research  in  China. 
In  three  volumes  and  atlas.  .  .  .  Part  two.  Petro- 
graphy and  Zoology,  by  Eliot  Blackwelder.  Syllabary 

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of  Chinese  sounds,  by  Fredrich  Hirth.  Washington, 
D.  C,  1907.  iv,  357-528,  xvii-xxiv  pp.  illus.  and  coL 
pis.     30""- 

BLAKISTON,  T.  W.  Amended  list  of  the  birds  of 
Japan,  according  to  geographical  distribution,  with 
notes  concerning  additions  and  corrections  since  Jan., 
1882.  By  T.  W.  Blakiston  .  .  .  London,  Taylor  & 
Francis,  Jan.,  1884.  68  pp.  22'''°' 

BLANCHAN,  NELTJE.  Bird  neighbors.  An  intro- 
ductory acquaintance  with  150  birds  commonly  found 
in  the  gardens,  meadows,  and  woods  about  our  homes. 
By  Neltje  Blanchan.  With  introduction  by  John 
Burroughs,  and  50  col.  pi.  New  York,  Doubleday  & 
McClure  Co.,   1897.   viii,  234  pp.    front.  50  col.  pi. 


BLANCHAN,  NELTJE.  Birds  that  hunt  and  are 
hunted.  Life  histories  of  170  birds  of  prey,  game  birds 
and  water  fowl.  By  Neltje  Blanchan.  With  introduc- 
tion by  G.  0.  Shields  (Coquina),  and  48  col.  pi.  New 
York,  Doubleday  &  McClure  Co.,  1898.  xii,  359  pp. 
front,  and  48  col.  pi.  26|*''°- 

BLANCHAN,  NELTJE.  How  to  attract  the  birds, 
and  other  talks  about  bird  neighbours.  By  Neltje 
Blanchan.  New  York,  Doubleday,  Page  &  Co.,  1902. 
224  pp.   front.,  illus.  with  photographs.  22*^"°' 

BLYTH,  EDWARD.  Analytic  descriptions  of  the 
groups  of  birds  composing  the  order  Insessores  Hetero- 
genes.  No.  i.  Rollers,  Bee-eaters,  and  Kingfishers: 
Todies,  and  Jacamars.  No.  2.  Systematic  analysis  of 
the  series.  Characters  of  the  series.  Character  of  the 
Motmots.  Art.  H.  Outline  of  a  new  arrangement  of 
Insessorial  birds.  By  Edward  Blyth,  1838.  v.  p.  22*^ 


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BLYTH,  EDWARD.  The  natural  history  of  the 
Cranes.  A  monograph  by  the  late  Edward  Blyth. 
Greatly  enlarged,  and  reprinted,  with  numerous  illus. 
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BODDAERT,  PETER.  Table  des  planches  enlu- 
min^ez  d'histoire  naturelle  de  M.  d'Aubenton.  Avec 
les  denominations  de  M.M.  de  Buff  on,  Brisson  .  .  . 
Par  M.  Boddaert  .  .  .  ^Utrecht,  1783.  58  pp.  24!^- 
[Added  title-page:  Reprint  of  Boddaert's  Table  des 
planches  enlumin^ez  d'histoire  naturelle.  Edited  by 
W.  B.  Tegetmeier.  London,  1874.] 

BOLTON,  JAMES.  Harmonia  ruralis ;  or.  An  essay 
towards  a  natural  history  of  British  song  birds;  illus. 
with  figures,  the  size  of  life,  of  the  birds,  male  and 
female,  in  their  most  natural  attitudes;  their  nest  and 
eggs,  food,  favorite  plants,  shrubs,  trees,  etc.,  faithfully 
drawn,  engraved,  and  colored  after  nature.  London, 
1824.  2  vols,   front.,  col.  pi.  33*^' 

BOLTON,  JAMES.  Harmonia  ruralis;  or,  an  essay 
towards  a  natural  history  of  British  song  birds:  illus- 
trated with  figures  the  size  of  life,  of  the  birds,  male  and 
female,  in  their  most  natural  attitudes,  their  nests  and 
eggs.  By  James  Bolton.  London,  Henry  G.  Bohn, 
1845.  2  vols.  [vol.  2  wanting];  col.  pi.   3i'"°' 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  An 
account  of  four  species  of  Stormy  Petrels.  By  Charles 
Bonaparte.   6  pp.  2  pi.  22'^'°' 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince, 
American  ornithology ;  or.  The  natural  history  of  birds 
inhabiting  the  United  States,  not  given  by  Wilson. 
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nature.  By  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte  .  .  .  Phila- 
delphia, Carey,  Lea  &  Carey,  1825-33.  4  vols.  27  col. 
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Vol.  4  published  by  Carey  &  Lea. 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  Con- 
spectus generum  avium.  Auctore  Carolo  Luciano 
Bonaparte.  Lugduni  Batavorum,  apud  E.  J.  Brill, 
1850,  1857.  2  vols,  bound  in  one.  25°°* 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Coup  d'oeil  sur  I'ordre  des  Pigeons.  Par  S.A.  Mon- 
seigneur  le  Prince  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte.  (From 
Comptes  rendus  des  stances  de  I'Acad^mie  des  Sciences. 
Paris,  1855.  vols.  39  and  40,  1854-55.)   59  pp.   29|*="- 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  The 
genera  of  North  American  birds  and  a  synopsis  of  the 
species  found  within  the  territory  of  the  United  States. 
By  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte,  extracted  from  the 
annals  of  the  Lyceum  of  natural  history  of  New  York. 
New  York,  J.  Seymour,  1828.  451  pp.  22|*="- 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Monographie  des  Loxiens.  Par  Ch.  L.  Bonaparte  et 
H.  Schlegel.  Ouvrage  accompagn6  de  54  planches 
color^es,  lithographi6es  d'apr^s  les  dessins  de  M. 
Badeker  et  autres  naturalistes.  Leiden  et  Diisseldorf, 
Arnz  et  cie.,  1850.  xvii,  55  pp.  54  col.  pi.  3i''"* 

Two  copies. 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Note  sur  les  oiseaux  des  lies  Marquises  et  particuli^re- 
ment  sur  le  genre  nouveau  Serresius,  Par  S.  A.  Mon- 
seigneur  le  Prince  Bonaparte.  (From  Academic  des 
Sciences,  comptes  rendus,  vol.  41.)  30  pp.  295"°' 

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BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Notes  to  the  paper  entitled  Description  of  ten  species 
of  South  American  birds.  By  Charles  Lucien  Bona- 
parte. July  12,  1825.   137-140  pp.  22*=™- 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  Ob- 
servations on  the  nomenclature  of  Wilson's  Orni- 
thology. By  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte,  Philadelphia, 
.  .  .  Anthony  Finley,  1826.   un-p.   23'''°- 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  On 
a  new  species  of  Duck,  described  by  Wilson  as  the 
same  with  the  Anas  fuligula  of  Europe.  By  Charles 
Lucien  Bonaparte.  Read  April  6,  1824.  8  pp.  23°°* 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Specchio  comparativo  delle  ornitologie  di  Roma  e  di 
Filadelfia  di  C.  L.  Bonaparte  .  .  .  Estratto  dal  No. 
XXXIII.  Del  nuovo  giornale  de' letterati.  Pisa,  Delia 
tipografia  Nistri,  1827.  xvi-80  pp.  22^*=™' 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince.  Sup- 
plemento  alio  specchio  comparativo  delle  ornitologie 
di  Roma  e  di  Filadelfia  di  Carlo  Luciano  Bonaparte 
.  .  .  Pisa,  .  .  .  1832.   15  pp.  21°°' 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Tableau  des  oiseaux  de  proie.  Par  S.A.  le  Prince  C.  L. 
Bonaparte,  1854.   16  pp.   22*"™' 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Tableau  des  oiseaux-mouches.  Par  le  Prince  C.  L. 
Bonaparte.  (Extrait  de  la  Revue  et  Magazine  de 
Zoologie,  no.  5,  1854.)   12  pp.  22^- 

BONAPARTE,  CHARLES  LUCIEN,  Prince. 
Tableaux  synoptiques  de  I'ordre  des  Herons.   Par  S.A. 

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Monseigneur  Charles  Lucien  Prince  Bonaparte.  (From 
Academie  des  Sciences,  Compte  rendus,  Paris,  1855. 
Vol.  40.)   8  pp. 

BOOTH,  E.  T.  Catalogue  of  the  cases  of  birds  in 
the  Dyke  Road  Museum,  Brighton.  Giving  a  few 
descriptive  notes,  and  the  localities  in  which  the  speci- 
mens were  found.  By  E.  T.  Booth.  Second  edition, 
1896.  Brighton,  King,  Thome  &  Stace,  1896.  x,  217 
pp.   front.  &  photographs.   2i^"' 

BORASTON,  JOHN  MACLAIR.  Birds  by  land 
and  sea,  the  record  of  a  year's  work  with  field-glass 
and  camera.  By  John  Maclair  Boraston.  Illustrated 
by  photographs  taken  direct  from  nature  by  the  author. 
John  Lane,  London  and  New  York,  1905.  xiv,  282  pp. 
front.,  illus.  22,^^' 

BOSTON  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY. 
Journal  containing  papers  and  communications  read 
to  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  1 834-1 837. 
Published  by  their  direction.  Vol.  i,  Hilliard,  Gray  & 
Co.,  1837.  563  pp.  20  pi.  (some  col.),  map.  22°°" 

BOSTON  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY. 
Proceedings,  vols.  1-29,  1841-1900.  Boston,  1844- 
1900.   29  vols.,  illus.   22^"^- 

BOURNS,  FRANK  S.  Preliminary  notes  on  the 
birds  and  mammals  collected  by  the  Menage  scientific 
expedition  to  the  Philippine  Islands.  By  Frank  S. 
Bourns  and  Dean  C.  Worcester.  Minneapolis.  Printed 
for  the  Academy,  Dec.  8,  1894.  64  pp.  29*" 


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BOWDITCH,  HAROLD.  A  list  of  Bermudian 
birds  seen  during  July  and  August,  1903.  By  Harold 
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XXXVIII,  no.  451,  1904,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  pp.  555- 
563.)   23^'"- 

BRADFORD,  CHARLES.  The  wild  fowlers,  or, 
Sporting  scenes  and  characters  of  the  great  lagoon. 
By  Charles  Bradford.  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons.  New 
York  .  .  .  London,  1901.    175  pp.  front.,  illus.  19^™' 

BREE,  CHARLES  ROBERT.  A  history  of  the 
birds  of  Europe  not  observed  in  the  British  Isles.  By 
C.  R.  Bree  .  .  .  London,  Groombridge  &  Sons,  1866. 
4  vols.,  col.  pi.  25*^ 


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BREE,  CHARLES  ROBERT.  A  history  of  the 
birds  of  Europe,  not  observed  in  the  British  Isles.  By 
Charles  Robert  Bree  .  .  .  London,  George  Bell  & 
Sons,  1875-76.  5  vols.,  col.  front.,  col.  plates.  25'^'°- 
Second  edition  enlarged. 

BREHM,  ALFRED  EDMUND.  Bird-life,  being  a 
history  of  the  bird,  its  structure,  and  habits,  together 
with  sketches  of  50  different  species.  By  Dr.  A.  E. 
Brehm.  Translated  from  the  German  by  H.  M. 
Labouch^re  and  W.  Jesse  .  .  .  illus.  with  10  col.  pi. 
by  J.  G.  Keulemans.  London,  John  van  Voorst,  1874. 
xxvi,  898  pp.  front.  10  col.  pi.  25|"°- 

BREHM,  ALFRED  EDMUND.  La  vie  des  ani- 
maux,  illustr^e  description  populaire  du  r^gne  animal. 
Par  A.  E.  Brehm;  Edition  frangaise,  revue  par  Z.  Gerre. 
Les  Giseaux  .  .  .  Paris,  J.  B.  Bailliere  et  fils,  n.  d. 
2  vols,  front.,  illus.  [full  page  and  in  text]. 

BREMER,  THOMAS  M.  North  American  oology, 
being  an  account  of  the  habits  and  geographical  dis- 
tribution of  the  birds  of  North  America  during  their 
breeding  season ;  with  figures  and  descriptions  of  their 

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eggs.  By  Thomas  M.  Bremer,  M.D.  Part  L  Washing- 
to  1.  Published  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  1857. 
New  York,  D.  Appleton  &  Co.   viii.,  132  pp.,  coL  pL 

BRENCHLEY,  JULIUS  L.  Jottings  during  the 
cruise  of  H.M.S.  Curagoa  among  the  South  Sea  Islands 
in  1865.  By  Julius  L.  Brenchley.  London,  Longmans, 
Green  &  Co.,  1873.  xxviii,  487  pp.  front.,  illus.  and 
col.  pis.  26|^'"- 

BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  Bird  migration.  (Nut- 
tall  Ornithological  Club.  Memoirs,  no.  i.)  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  1886.  22  pp.  27*=°- 

BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  The  birds  of  the  Cam- 
bridge region  of  Mass.  By  William  Brewster.  With 
4  pi.  and  3  maps.  Cambridge  .  .  .  1906.  426  pp. 
front.,  port.,  4  pi.,  3  maps*  285*^™' 

Autograph  copy. 

BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  .  .  .  Birds  of  the  cape 
region  of  Lower  California.  By  William  Brewster  .  .  . 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  1902.  i  p.,  i.,  241,  [i]  p.,  fold.  map. 

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BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  Descriptions  of  seven 
supposed  new  North  American  birds.  By  William 
Brewster,  1 891.    10  pp.  23*"°* 

BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  Descriptions  of  the  first 
plumage  in  various  species  of  North  American  birds. 
By  William  Brewster.  39  pp.  22|*^' 

BREWSTER,  WILLIAM.  On  the  occurrence,  in 
Massachusetts  of  certain  rare  or  interesting  birds.  By 

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BROWN,  PETER.  New  illustrations  of  zoology, 
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BROWN,  PIERRE.  Nouvelles  illustrations  de 
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In  English  and  French.    Bound  with  vol.  4  of  Edwards, 
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BROWN,  THOMAS,  Captain.  Illustrations  of  the 
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Lucien  Bonaparte,  with  the  addition  of  numerous 
recently  discovered  species  and  representative  of  the 
whole  sylva  of  North  America.  By  Capt.  Thomas 
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Two  copies,  one  copy  with  background  left  uncolored. 
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BROWN,  THOMAS,  Captain.  Illustrations  of  the 
game  birds  of  North  America,  chiefly  the  size  of 
nature.  By  Capt.  Thomas  Brown.  Edinburgh,  Lon- 
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BROWN,  THOMAS,  Captain.  Illustrations  of  the 
genera  of  birds,  embracing  their  generic  characters; 
with  sketches  of  their  habits.  By  Capt.  Thomas 
Brown.    London,  Edinburgh,  1846.    Part  i.    col.  pi. 

BROWN,  THOMAS,  Captain.  The  taxidermist's 
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serving objects  of  natural  history  ...  By  Capt. 
Thomas  Brown  .  .  .  London,  Edinburgh,  and  Dub- 
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BROWN,  THOMAS,  Captain.  The  zoologist's  text- 
book, embracing  the  characters  of  the  classes,  orders, 
and  genera  of  almost  the  whole  animal  kingdom,  .  .  . 
By  Capt.  Thomas  Brown  ...  in  two  volumes.  Illus. 
by  107  engravings  on  steel.  Glasgow,  1833.  2  vols., 
illus.  i8""- 

BRUNER,  LAWRENCE.  The  birds  of  Nebraska. 
By  Lawrence  Bruner.  Lincoln,  Neb.,  1896.  297  pp. 
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BRYAN,  WILLIAM  ALANSON.  Some  birds  of 
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Museum  Press,  1908.  (Bishop  Museum  Occasional 
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BRYANT,  HENRY.  A  list  of  birds  seen  at  the  Ba- 
hamas from  Jan.  20  to  May  14, 1859.  With  descriptions 
of  new  or  little  known  species.  By  Henry  Bryant. 
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BRYANT,  WALTER  E.  A  catalogue  of  the  birds 
of  Lower  California,  Mexico.    By  Walter  E.  Bryant. 

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BRYANT,  WALTER  E.  Additions  to  the  orni- 
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269-318  pp.  24*=°'- 

BUFFON,  GEORGE  LOUIS  LE  CLERC,  COMTE 
DE.  Histoire  naturelle  des  oiseaux.  ...  A  Paris,  de 
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Under  title  "  Ornithologie,"  designed  by  Martinet  and 
colored  by  hand.  All  6  vols,  bound  by  D6rome  in  fine 
old  red  morocco,  extra  gilt,  edges  gilt. 

BUFFON,  GEORGE  LOUIS  LE  CLERC,  COMTE 
DE.  A  natural  history,  general  and  particular;  con- 
taining the  history  and  theory  of  the  earth,  a  general 
history  of  man,  the  brute  creation,  vegetables  and 
minerals.  By  George  Louis  Le  Clerc,  Count  of  Bufifon. 
Translated  by  Wm.  Smellie.  A  new  edition  ...  to 
which  is  added  A  history  of  birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  and 
insects,  .  .  .  By  Henry  Augustus  Chambers.  London, 
Thomas  Kelly  &  Co.,  i860.  2  vols.,  col.  pi.  28^ 


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BUFFON,  GEORGE  LOUIS  LE  CLERC,  COMTE 
DE.  A  natural  history  of  the  globe,  of  man,  of  beasts, 
birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  insects  and  plants;  from  the  writ- 
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naturalists,  edited  by  John  Wright.  A  new  edition  .  .  . 
with  500  engravings.  Boston.  Published  by  Gray  & 
Brown,  1 85 1.  5  vols.  500  engravings.   17^ 


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BULLER,  WALTER  LAWRY.  Notes  on  the  orni- 
thology of  New  Zealand.  By  Walter  L.  Buller.  1877. 
84  pp.   I  pi.  23'='°- 

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DULLER,  WALTER  LAWRY.  .  .  .  Manual  of 
the  birds  of  New  Zealand.  By  Walter  L.  BuUer.  Pub- 
lished by  command.    New  Zealand,  .  .  .  Geo.  Dids- 

bury,  .  .  .  1882.    ix,  107  pp.    front.,  illus.,  and   pi. 
25cm. 

BULLER,  WALTER  LAWRY.  A  history  of  the 
birds  of  New  Zealand.  By  Walter  Lawry  BuUer.  Lon- 
don, John  van  Voorst,  1873.  xxiii,  384  pp.,  col.  pi., 
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by  the  author,  .  .  .  1888.    2  vols.  col.  pi.  and  illus. 

38cm. 

BULLETIN  OF  THE  AMERICAN  MUSEUM 
OF  NATURAL  HISTORY.  Central  Park,  N.  Y. 
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BUREAU,  LOUIS.  De  la  mue  du  bee  et  des  orna- 
ments palpebraux  du  Macareaux  Arctique,  Fratercula 
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Louis  Bureau,  1877.  2  editions.  21  pp.  2  pi.  (iv.  and 
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BUREAU,  LOUIS.  Recherches  sur  la  mue  du  bee 
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BURROUGHS,  JOHN.  The  writings  of  John  Bur- 
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page  illus.  28""* 

BUTLER,  AMOS  W.  The  birds  of  Indiana.  A 
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observed  within  the  state,  with  an  account  of  their 
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BUTLER,  AMOS.  Some  notes  concerning  the  Even- 
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BUTLER,  ARTHUR  G.  Birds'  eggs  of  the  British 
Isles.  Collated  by  Arthur  G.  Butler.  With  24  coloured 
plates  (illus.  475  specimens)  from  drawings  by  F.  W. 
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Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  1904.  front,  (col.),  24  col. 
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BUTLER,  ARTHUR  G.  British  birds  with  their 
nests  and  eggs.  .  .  .  Illus.  by  F.  W.  Frohawk. 
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BUTLER,  ARTHUR  G.  Foreign  finches  in  cap- 
tivity. By  Arthur  G.  Butler.  .  .  .  Illus.  with  60  pi. 
by  F.  W.  Frohawk,  F.E.S. ;  coloured  by  hand.  London, 
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CALIFORNIA  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCE.  Pro- 
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CALL,  RICHARD  ELLSWORTH.  The  life  and 
writings  of  Rafinesque,  prepared  for  the  Filson  Club 
and  read  at  its  meeting  Monday,  April  2,  1824.  By 
Richard  Ellsworth  Call.  Louisville,  Kentucky,  John 
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CAMPBELL,  ARCHIBALD  JAMES.  Nests  and 
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distribution  of  the  species  and  popular  observations 
thereon.  By  Archibald  James  Campbell . . .  With  map, 
28  coloured  plates  and  131  photographic  illustrations. 
Sheffield .  Printed  for  the  author  by  Pawson  &  B  railsf  ord , 
1901.  xi,  1 102  pp.  port.,  pi.  (partly  col.),  map.  26^*"™* 

CAMPBELL,  ARTHUR  JAMES.  Nests  and  eggs 
of  the  Honey-eaters  or  meliphagous  birds  of  Australia. 
By  A.  J.  Campbell.  Read  before  the  Australasian 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science.  Jan., 
1898.  76  pp.  22*^- 

CAPEN,  ELWIN  A.  Oology  of  New  England,  a 
description  of  the  eggs,  nests  and  breeding  habits  of  the 
birds  known  to  breed  in  New  England:  with  colored 
illustrations  of  their  eggs.  By  Elwin  A.  Capen.  Boston, 
1886.   116  pp.  25  col.  pi.  34'^- 

CARRIKER,  M.  A.,  JR.  An  annotated  list  of  the 
birds  of  Costa  Rica,  including  Cocos  Island.  By  M.  A. 
Carriker,  Jr.,  1910.  pp.  314-915.  map  (at  end).  24|*'°' 
(Reprinted  from  Annals  of  the  Carnegie  Museum,  vol. 
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CARVER,  JONATHAN.  Travels  through  the 
interior  parts  of  North  America,  in  the  years  1766  and 
1768.  By  John  Carver,  Esq.  .  .  .  Illustrated  with 
copper  plates.  London.  Printed  for  the  author;  and 
sold  by  J.  Walter  .  .  .  1778.  xvi,  17-543  pp.  front. 
3  illus.  map.  22"°' 

CARVER,  JONATHAN.  Travels  through  the 
interior  parts  of  North  America,  in  the  years  1766, 
1767,  and  1768.  By  J.  Carver,  Esq.  .  .  .  Illustrated 
with  copper  plates,  coloured.  The  third  edition.  To 
which  is  added  some  account  of  the  author  and  a 
copious  index.  London:  178 1,  xvi,  543  pp.  2  maps,  pL 
(col.).  2i|"°- 

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CASSELL'S  NATURAL  HISTORY.  The  feathered 
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632  pp.  illus.  29*^- 

CASSIN,  JOHN.  Birds,  n.  p.,  n.  d.,  pp.  172-206, 
col.  pi.  XIV-XXVIII.    2<f^' 

Contents:  Order  i,  Raptores.  Order  11,  Incessores.  Order 
III,  Rasores.  Order  iv,  Grallatores.  Order  v,  Natatores. 

CASSIN,  JOHN.  Birds.  ByJ.  Cassin.  171-206  pp. 
col.  pi.  XIV-XXVIII.  2d)Y°^'  no  t.-p.,  n.  d. 

CASSIN,  JOHN.  Birds:  A.  Birds  collected  in 
Japan.  B.  Birds  collected  in  China,  the  Loo  Choo 
Islands,  the  Islands  of  Singapore  and  Ceylon,  and  on 
the  coast  of  California,  n.  p.,  n.  d.  218-248  pp.  6  pi. 
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CASSIN,  JOHN.  Descriptions  of  new  species  of 
birds  of  the  genera  Selenidera,  Gould,  and  Numida, 
Linnaeus;  and  of  a  new  genus  and  species  of  Rasoria 
bird  in  the  Museum  of  the  Academy  of  Natural 
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CASSIN,  JOHN.  Descriptions  of  owls,  presumed 
to  be  new  species,  in  the  collection  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia.  By  John  Cassin.  — 
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the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia 
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CASSIN,  JOHN.  Illustrations  of  the  birds  of  Cali- 
fornia, Texas,  Oregon,  British  and  Russian  America. 
Intended  to  contain  descriptions  and  figures  of  all 
North  American  birds  not  given  by  former  American 
authors,  and  a  general  synopsis  of  North  American 
ornithology.  By  John  Cassin  .  .  .  1853  to  1855. 
Philadelphia,  J.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  1856.  viii,  298 
pp.  50  col.  pi.  (incl.  front.).  27"^' 

.  .  .  Same,  1862. 

CASSIN,  JOHN.  Mammalogy  and  ornithology  .  .  . 
with  folio  atlas.  Philadelphia,  Lippincott,  1858.  (U.S. 
Exploring  Expedition  .  .  .  1838-1842.)  viii,  466  pp. 
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CASSIN,  JOHN.  Sketch  of  the  birds  composing 
the  genera  Vireo,  Viellot,  and  Vireosylvia,  Bonaparte, 
with  a  list  of  the  previously  known  and  descriptions  of 
three  new  species.  By  John  Cassin  (Feb.  25,  1851).  — 
Descriptions  of  new  species  of  birds  of  the  genera 
Galbula  and  Bucco,  Brisson,  .  .  .  1851.  —  Notes  on 
N.  A.  Falconidae,  with  descriptions  of  new  species, 
Feb.  6.  1855.  —  Descriptions  and  notes  on  birds  in  the 
collection  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Phil- 
adelphia and  in  the  Nat.  Mus.  Washington,  Oct.,  1856. 
—  Catalogue  of  the  Caprimulgidse  in  the  collection  of 
the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia, 
Nov.  1 85 1.  —  An  examination  of  the  birds  of  the 
genus  Chrysomitris  of  the  Museum  of  the  Academy 
of  Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia.  —  Catalogue  of 
the  Hirundinidae  in  the  collection  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia.  By  John  Cassin, 
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CATESBY,  MARK.  The  natural  history  of  Caro- 
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the  figures  of  birds,  insects,  fishes,  serpents,  and 
plants;  —  descriptions  in  English  and  French.  To 
which  is  prefixed  a  new  and  correct  map  of  the  coun- 
tries with  observations  on  their  natural  state,  inhab- 
itants and  productions.  By  the  late  Mark  Catesby 
.  .  .  London,  Benjamin  White,  1771.  2  vols.,  col.  pi., 
front,  in  vol.  i,  map.  53^*"°' 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Bird-life;  a 
guide  to  the  study  of  our  common  birds.  By  Frank 
M.  Chapman.  .  .  .  With  seventy- five  full-page  plates 
and  numerous  text  drawings  by  Ernest  Seton  Thomp- 
son. New  York,  D.  Appleton  and  Company,  1897. 
xii,  269  pp.  front.,  illus.   I9i'^'°- 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Bird-life;  a 
guide  to  the  study  of  our  common  birds.  By  Frank  M. 
Chapman  .  .  .  Illustrated  by  Ernest  Seton  Thomp- 
son .  .  .  with  seventy-five  full-page  plates  in  colors. 
New  York,  D.  Appleton  and  Company,  1898.  xvi, 
195  PP-  illus.,  75  col.  pi.  22§°°- 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Bird  studies 
with  a  camera ;  with  introductory  chapters  on  the  out- 
fit and  methods  of  the  bird  photographer.  By  Frank 
M.  Chapman  .  .  .  With  over  one  hundred  photo- 
graphs from  nature,  by  the  author.  New  York,  D. 
Appleton  and  Company,  1900.  xiv,  218  pp.  front., 
illus.   I9|*='°- 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Camps  and 
cruises  of  an  ornithologist.  By  Frank  M.  Chapman 
.  .  .  With  250  photographs  from  nature,  by  the 
author.  New  York,  D.  Appleton  and  Company,  1908. 
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with  upward  of  800  drawings  by  Chester  A.  Reed,  B.S. 
New  York,  Doubleday,  Page  &  Company,  1903.  vi, 
312  pp.  col.  front,  illus.  (partly  col.).  23*^"°' 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  The  economic 
value  of  birds  to  the  state.  By  Frsmk  M.  Chapman. 
Albany,  J.  B.  Lyon  Co.,  1903.  66  pp.   12  col.  pi.  28*'°* 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Handbook  of 
birds  of  eastern  North  America,  with  keys  to  the  species 
and  descriptions  of  their  plumages,  nests,  and  eggs, 
their  distribution  and  migrations  and  a  brief  account 
of  their  haunts  and  habits  ...  By  Frank  M.  Chap- 
man, with  full-page  pi.  in  colors  and  black  and  white, 
and  upwards  of  150  cuts  in  the  text.  Fifth  edition. 
New  York,  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1898.  xiv,  431  pp. 
front,  (col.),  illus.   i8*^'°- 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Handbook  of 
birds  of  eastern  North  America,  with  introductory 
chapters  on  the  study  of  birds  in  nature.  By  Frank  M. 
Chapman  .  .  .  with  full-page  plates  in  colors  and 
black  and  white,  by  Louis  Agassiz  Fuertes,  and  text- 
cuts,  by  Tappan  Adney  and  Ernest  Thompson  Seton. 
Revised  edition.  New  York  and  London,  D.  Appleton 
and  Company,  1912.  xxix,  530  pp.  col.  front.  24  pi. 
(incl.  front.),  some  col.   18*^™* 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  Visitors'  guide 
to  the  local  collection  of  birds  in  the  American  Mu- 
seum of  Natural  History,  New  York  City.  With  an 
annotated  list  of  the  birds  known  to  occur  within  50 
miles  of  New  York  City.  By  Frank  M.  Chapman, 
New  York,  1894.    100  pp.  front,  illus.  22"°- 

CHAPMAN,  FRANK  MICHLER.  The  warblers 
of  North  America.    By  Frsmk  M.  Chapman,  with 

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cooperation  of  other  ornithologists;  with  twenty-four 
full-page  colored  plates,  illustrating  every  species, 
from  drawings  by  Louis  Agassiz  Fuertes  and  Bruce 
Horsfall,  and  half-tones  of  nests  and  eggs.  New  York, 
D.  Appleton  &  Company,  1907.  3  pp.  i.,  v-ix,  306  pp. 
8  pi.,  24  col.  pi.  (incl.  front.).  24§"°- 

CHERRIE,  GEORGE  K.  Notes  on  Costa  Rican 
birds.  By  George  K.  Cherrie.  (Proceedings  National 
Museum,  1891.)  v.  p.  22'^' 

CHICAGO  ACADEMY  OF  SCIENCE.  Transac- 
tions. Chicago.  Published  by  the  Academy,  1867— 
1869.  Vol.  I.  illus.  and  pi.  (some  col.).   29*^ 


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CLARK,  AUSTIN  HOBART.  Eighteen  new  species 
and  one  new  genus  from  Eastern  Asia  and  the  Aleutian 
Islands.  By  Austin  H.  Clark.  (U.S.  National  Museum 
Proceedings,  vol.  32,  1907,  pp.  467-475.)   24'"°- 

CLARK,  AUSTIN  HOBART.  Report  on  a  col- 
lection of  birds  made  by  Pierre  Louis  Jouy  in  Korea. 
By  Austin  H.  Clark.  (U.S.  Nat.  Mus.  Proceedings, 
vol.  38,  1910,  pp.  147-176.)  24I''"- 

CLARK,  AUSTIN  HOBART.  The  birds  collected 
and  observed  during  the  cruise  of  the  United  States 
Fisheries  steamer  Albatross  in  the  North  Pacific  ocean, 
and  in  the  Bering,  Okhotsk,  Japan,  and  eastern  seas, 
from  April  to  Dec,  1906.  By  Austin  Hobart  Clark. 
Washington,  Government  Printing  Office,  1910.  (Proc. 
of  the  U.S.  Nat.  Mus.,  vol.  38,  pp.  25-74.  1910.)  24^"°* 

CLECKLEY,  M.  T.  In  the  haunts  of  the  Swain- 
son's  Warbler.  With  notes  on  migration,  food,  song, 
description  of  bird,  its  nest  and  eggs,  etc.  Illustrated 
by  photographs  of  nests  and  eggs,  by  Dr.  M.  T. 
Cleckley.  Augusta,  Georgia.  6  pp.  illus.  24*^* 

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COATES,  HENRY.  Audubon,  the  American  orni- 
thologist. By  Henry  Coates.*  8  pp.  22°°-  (.  .  .  Proc. 
of  the  Perthshire  Society  of  Nat.  Sci.,  1894  .  .  .  vol. 
II,  pp.  xxiv-xxix.) 

Private  copy  with  autograph  letter  to  Mrs.  Elliott 

Coues. 

COMSTOCK,  J.  L.  Natural  history  of  birds;  with 
engravings,  on  a  new  plan,  exhibiting  their  compara- 
tive size:  adapted  to  the  capacities  of  youth:  with 
authentic  anecdotes,  illustrating  their  habits  and  char- 
acters; together  with  reflections,  moral  and  religious, 
designed  for  Sabbath  school  libraries,  families,  and 
common  schools.  By  J.  L.  Comstock,  M.D.  Hartford. 
Published  by  D.  F.  Robinson  &  Co.,  1830.  216  pp. 
front.    I9"'°- 

COMTE,  ACHILLE.  Keepsake  d'histoire  naturelle 
description  des  oiseaux  suivie  d'un  expos6  de  I'art 
de  les  preparer  et  de  les  conserver.  Classification  de 
Cuvier  .  .  .  texte  de  Bufifon.  Revis^,  r6duit  et  pr6ced6 
d'une  introduction  par  M.  Achille  Comte  .  .  .  Paris, 
Bazonge-Pigoreau,  n.  d.  xxiii,  512  pp.  front.  38  col. 
pi.  26i*^- 

CONDOR,  —  continuation  of  the  bulletin  of  the 
Cooper  ornithological  club  of  California.  A  bi-monthly 
magazine  of  Pacific  coast  ornithology.  1899.  14  vols, 
illus.  25!*^™-  Vol.  I,  pub.  under  title  of  Bulletin  of  the 
Cooper  O.  C.  of  Cal.,  at  Santa  Clara,  Cal.  Vols.  2,  3, 
4,  pub.  at  Santa  Clara,  Cal.  Vols.  5  and  6,  Palo  Alto, 
Cal.  Vol.  7,  no  t.-p.  Vol.  8,  Santa  Clara,  Cal.  Vol.  9, 
no  t.-p.  Vols.  10  and  11,  Hollywood,  Cal. 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  The  birds  of 
Colorado.  By  W.  W.  Cooke  .  .  .  Fort  Collins,  Colo- 
rado, March,  1897.   The  Smith  Brooks  Printing  Co., 

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Denver.   143  pp.  22"°-  (State  Agr.  College  .  .  .  Bul- 
letin no.  37.)  • 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  The  birds  of 
Colorado.  A  second  appendix  to  bulletin  no.  37.  By 
W.  W.  Cooke.  Pub.  by  the  Experiment  Station,  Fort 
Collins,  Col.,  1900.  pp.  180-239.  23'''"-  (The  Agr. 
Exp.  Station  of  the  Agr.  College  of  Col.,  Bulletin  57.) 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  .  .  .  Distri- 
bution and  migration  of  North  American  warblers. 
By  Wells  W.  Cooke  .  .  .  Washington,  Government 
Printing  Office,  1904.  142  pp.  23"°-  (U.S.  Dept.  of 
Agriculture.  Division  of  Biological  Survey.  Bulletin 
18.) 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  .  .  .  Distri- 
bution and  migration  of  North  American  ducks,  geese, 
and  swans.  By  Wells  W.  Cooke  .  .  .  Washington, 
Government  Printing  Office,  1906.  90  pp.  23"°'  (U.S. 
Dept.  of  Agriculture.  Biological  Survey.  Bulletin  26.) 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  Distribution 
and  migration  of  North  American  shore  birds.  By 
Wells  W.  Cooke.  Washington,  Government  Printing 
Office,  1910.  100  pp.  4  pi.  23*^'  (U.S.  Dept.  of  Agri- 
culture, Biological  Survey.   Bulletin  no.  35.) 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  The  migratory 
movements  of  birds  in  relation  to  the  weather.  By 
Wells  W.  Cooke,  pp.  379-390.  Map  [in  text].  231"^- 
(U.S.  Department  of  Agriculture  Yearbook,  19 10.) 

COOKE,  WELLS  WOODBRIDGE.  Some  new 
facts  about  the  migration  of  birds.  (In  U.S.  Dept.  of 
Agriculture  Yearbook,  1903,  pp.  371-386.  illus.  23' 
Washington,  1904.) 

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COOPER,  J.  G.  Geological  survey  of  California. 
J.  D.  Whitney,  State  Geologist.  Ornithology,  vol.  I, 
Land  birds.  Edited  by  S.  F.  Baird  from  the  mss.  and 
notes  of  J.  G.  Cooper.  Published  by  authority  of  the 
Legislature,  1870.  xi,  592  pp.  illus.  in  text.  27|*^'°- 

COOPER,  J.  W.  Game  fowls,  their  origin  and  his- 
tory, with  a  description  of  the  breeds,  strains  and 
crosses.  The  American  and  English  modes  of  feeding, 
training,  and  heeling;  how  to  breed  and  cross,  .  .  . 
with  a  description  and  treatment  of  all  diseases  inci- 
dent to  game  fowls.  By  J.  W.  Cooper.  Standard  edi- 
tion. .  .  .  Dr.  J.  W.  Cooper,  West  Chester,  Pa. 
(1869).  304  PP-  23*= 


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CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  Beautiful  and  curi- 
ous birds  of  the  world.  By  Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  .  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  Pub.  by  the  author,  1883.  col.  plates. 
69x54''°'-  2  pi.  for  each  bird;  col. 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  The  birds  of  eastern 
North  America  known  to  occur  east  of  the  nineteenth 
meridian  .  .  .  Key  to  the  families  and  species.  By 
Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  .  Special  edition  printed  for  the 
Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111.  Chicago,  1899. 
2  vols,  illus.  24*''"- 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  The  birds  of  Haiti 
and  San  Domingo.  By  Charles  B.  Cory.  Estes  & 
Lauriat,  Boston,  U.S.A.,  1885.  198  pp.  front,  (map.), 
col.  pis.  30''"' 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  ...  The  birds  of 
Illinois  and  Wisconsin.  By  Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  .  Chi- 
cago, 1909.  764  pp.  illus.  24I''"-  (Field  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  Publication  131.  Zoological  series, 
vol.  IX.) 

Autograph  copy. 

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CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  Birds  of  the 
Bahama  Islands;  containing  many  birds  new  to  the 
Islands,  and  a  number  of  undescribed  winter  plumages 
of  North  American  species.  By  Charles  B.  Cory,  illus. 
Boston.  Pub.  by  author,  1880.   250  pp.  front.,  illus. 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  Birds  of-  the 
Bahama  Islands;  containing  many  birds  new  to  the 
islands,  and  a  number  of  winter  plumages  of  North 
American  species.  By  Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  .  Boston, 
Riverside  edition,  Estes  &  Lauriat,  1890.  250  pp.  col. 
front.,  7  col.  pi.  27|x2i|"°- 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  ...  The  birds  of 
the  Leeward  Islands,  Caribbean  Sea.  By  Charles  B. 
Cory  .  .  .  Chicago,  1909.  i  pi.  i.,  pp.  193-255.  front, 
(map).  241*"°-  (Field  Museum  of  Natural  History, 
Publication  no.  137.  Ornithological  series,  vol.  i,  no.  5.) 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  How  to  know  the 
ducks,  geese  and  swans  of  North  America,  all  the 
species  being  grouped  according  to  size  and  color.  By 
Charles  B.  Cory  .  ".  .  Boston,  1897.  95  pp.  front., 
illus.  23^xi8f'°- 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  How  to  know  the 
shore  birds  (Limicolse)  of  North  America  (south  of 
Greenland  and  Alaska),  all  the  species  being  grouped 
according  to  size  and  color.  By  Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  . 
Boston,  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  1897.  89  pp.  front., 
illus.   23x18^- 

CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  Hunting  and  fish- 
ing in  Florida,  including  a  key  to  water  birds  known  to 
occur  in  the  state.  By  Charles  B.  Cory  .  .  .  Second 
edition.  Estes  &  Lauriat,  Boston,  1896.  304  pp.  front., 
illus.  22r- 

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CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  A  list  of  the  birds 
of  the  West  Indies,  including  the  Bahama  Islands  and 
the  Greater  and  Lesser  Antilles,  excepting  the  Islands  of 
Tobago  and  Trinidad.  By  Charles  B.  Cory.  Revised 
edition.  Estes  &  Lauriat,   Boston,  1886.  34  pp.  31 


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CORY,  CHARLES  BARNEY.  A  naturalist  in  the 
Magdalen  Islands ;  giving  a  description  of  the  islands 
and  list  of  the  birds  taken  there,  with  other  ornitho- 
logical notes.  By  Charles  B.  Cory.  Illustrated  from 
sketches  by  the  author.  Boston,  1878.  iv  pp.,  li.,  [7]- 
93  pp.   front.,  illus.,  pi.  20x17*^- 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  American  ornithological  bibli- 
ography. List  of  the  faunal  publications  relating  to 
North  American  ornithology.    By  Dr.  Elliott  Coues. 

4  vols.  22^''°'-  vol.  4 British  ornithology.   (Bull. 

of  the  U.S.  Geol.  and  Geog.  Survey  of  the  Territories.) 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Avifauna  Columbiana:  being 
a  list  of  birds  ascertained  to  inhabit  the  District  of 
Columbia,  with  the  times  of  arrival  and  departure  of 
such  as  are  non-resident,  and  brief  notices  of  habits, 
etc.  .  .  .  Second  edition  revised  to  date  and  .  .  . 
rewritten.  By  Elliott  Coues  .  .  .  and  D.  Webster 
Prentiss  .  .  .  Washington,  Government  Printing 
Office,  1883.  133  pp.  front.,  illus.  23'=°''  (U.S.  Na- 
tional Museum,  Bulletin  no.  26.) 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  .  .  .  Birds  of  the  Colorado 
valley  .  .  .  scientific  and  popular  information  con- 
cerning North  American  ornithology.  By  Elliott  Coues. 
Part  first :  Passeres  to  Laniidae,  bibliographical  appen- 
dix, seventy  illustrations.  Washington,  Government 
Printing  Office,  1878.  xvi,  807  pp.  22 1*^-  (Depart- 
ment of  the  Interior.  United  States  Geographical  Sur- 
vey of  the  Territories.  Miscellaneous  publications, 
no.  II.) 

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COUES,  ELLIOTT.  .  .  .  Birds  of  the  northwest:  a 
handbook  of  the  ornithology  of  the  region  drained  by 
the  Missouri  River  and  its  tributaries.  By  ElHott 
Coues  .  .  .  Washington,  Government  Printing  Office, 
1874.  xi,  791  pp.  23|*"°"  (U.S.  Geological  and  Geo- 
graphical Survey  of  the  Territories.  Miscellsineous 
publications,  no.  3.) 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Check  list  of  North  American 
birds.  By  Elliott  Coues.  Salem  (Mass.),  Naturalists' 
Agency,  1873.    I5  PP-   H^""' 

Consists  of  t.-p.  and  7  leaves  printed  and  numbered 

on  recto  only. 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Field-notes  on  birds  observed 
in  Dakota  and  Montana  along  the  forty-ninth  parallel 
during  the  seasons  of  1873  and  1874.  By  Elliott  Coues. 
pp.  545-661.  23^ 


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COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Field  ornithology.  Compris- 
ing a  manual  of  instruction  for  procuring,  preparing 
and  preserving  birds ;  and  a  check  list  of  North  Ameri- 
can birds.  By  Dr.  Elliott  Coues,  U.S.A.  Salem,  Nat- 
uralists' Agency;  New  York,  Dodd  &  Mead,  1874.  iv, 
116,  137  pp.  2^"^- 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Key  to  North  American  birds, 
containing  a  concise  account  of  every  species  of  living 
and  fossil  bird  at  present  known  from  the  continent 
north  of  the  Mexican  and  United  States  boundary. 
Illustrated  by  6  steel  plates  and  upwards  of  250  wood- 
cuts. By  Elliott  Coues.  Salem,  Naturalists'  Agency ; 
New  York,  Boston,  1872.  361  pp.  illus.  29°°* 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Key  to  the  North  American 
birds,  containing  a  concise  account  of  every  species  of 
living  and  fossil  bird  at  present  known  from  the  conti- 
nent north  of  the  Mexican  and  United  States  boundary, 

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inclusive  of  Greenland  and  Lower  California.  With 
which  are  incorporated  general  ornithology:  An  out- 
line of  the  structure  and  classification  of  birds;  and 
field  ornithology:  A  manual  of  collecting,  preparing 
and  preserving  birds.  The  fifth  edition  ...  in  two 
vols.  By  Elliott  Coues.  .  .  .  Profusely  illus.  Boston, 
Dana  Estes  &  Co.,  1903.  2  vols.,  paged  continuously. 
24''"-  Vol.  I,  xii,  535  pp.  front,  col.,  353  fig.  and  port. 
Vol.  2,  vi,  537-1152  pp.   fig.  354-747. 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  List  of  faunal  publications  re- 
lating to  British  birds.  (U.S.  Nat.  Museum  Proceed- 
ings, vol.  20,  pp.  359-482.)   22*^* 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  On  the  present  status  of  Passer 
domesticus  in  America,  with  special  reference  to  the 
western  states  and  territories.  By  Dr.  Elliott  Coues, 
U.S.A.  pp.  175-193.  22F'°- 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  The  expeditions  of  Zebulon 
Montgomery  Pike  to  the  headwaters  of  the  Mississippi 
river,  through  Louisiana  Territory  and  in  New  Spain 
during  the  years  1805-6-7.  New  edition  .  .  .  By 
Elliott  Coues,  ...  in  three  volumes.  New  York,  F. 
P.  Harper,  1895.  3  vols.  26|''™-  Vol.  i,  front,  port., 
memoir  of  author  —  Mississippi  voyage.  Vol.  2, 
Arkansas,  Mexico.  Vol.  3,  map  and  index. 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Progress  of  American  orni- 
thology. 1 87 1,  pp.  364-373.  23"°'  (From  the  "  Amer- 
ican Naturalist,"  August,  1871.) 

COUES,  ELLIOTT.  Natural  history.  List  of  birds 
ascertained  to  inhabit  the  District  of  Columbia,  with 
the  times  of  arrival  and  departure  of  such  as  are  non- 
residents, and  brief  notices  of  habits,  etc.  By  Elliott 
Coues  and  D.  Webster  Prentiss.  400-421  pp.  22|'^°' 
No  t.-p.,  n.  d. 

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CRAIG,  HUGH.  The  animal  kingdom,  based  upon 
the  writings  of  the  eminent  naturalists  Audubon, 
Wallace,  Brehm,  Wood  and  others.  Edited  by  Hugh 
Craig,  with  64  full-page  illus.  Accurately  and  beauti- 
fully executed  in  colors  and  tints.  New  York,  Johnson 
&  Bailey  [1897].  2  vols.,  64  col.  pi.  26"°- 

CRAWFURD,  OSWALD.  A  year  of  sport  and  nat- 
ural history,  shooting,  hunting,  coursing,  falconry,  and 
fishing,  with  chapters  on  birds  of  prey,  the  nidifica- 
tion  of  birds  and  the  habits  of  British  wild  birds  and 
animals.  Edited  by  Oswald  Crawfurd,  with  numerous 
illustrations  .  .  .  London,  Chapman  &  Hall,  1895. 
331  pp.  front.  29*^ 


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CRAWSHAY,  RICHARD.  The  birds  of  Tierra  del 
Fuego.  By  Richard  Crawshay  .  .  .  London,  B. 
Quaritch,  1907.  xl,  158  pp.  illus.,  23  pi.  (incl.  front.), 
21  col.  pi.,  map.  29*"°- 

"  Three  hundred  copies  of  this  work  have  been  printed, 
of  which  this  is  no.  85." 

CUNNINGHAM,  ROBERT  O.  Notes  on  the  nat- 
ural history  of  the  Strait  of  Magellan  and  west  coast 
of  Patagonia,  made  during  the  voyage  of  H.M.S. 
Nassau  in  the  years  1866-69,  inclusive.  By  Robert  O. 
Cunningham.  With  map  and  illus.  Edinburgh,  187 1. 
xvi,  517  pp.  front.,  illus.  21*™* 

CURRIE,  ROLLA  P.  A  new  Bird  of  Paradise.  By 
Rolla  P.  Currie.  Descriptions  of  three  new  birds  from 
Lower  Siam.  By  Charles  W.  Richmond,  M.D.  —  A 
flightless  Auk,  Mancalla  californiensis,  from  the 
Miocene  of  California.  By  Frederic  A.  Lucas.  —  De- 
scription of  a  new  bird  of  the  genus  Dendromis.  By 
Charles  Richmond,  M.D.  v.  p.  23'^°" 

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CUVIER,  GEORGES  l£0P0LD,  BARON.  The 
animal  kingdom  arranged  in  conformity  with  its 
organization  by  the  Baron  Cuvier,  with  additional 
descriptions  of  all  the  species  hitherto  named,  and  of 
many  not  before  noticed.  By  Edward  Griffith  and 
others.  London,  Whittaker,  Treacher  &  Co.,  1827- 
1834.   15  vols,  and  index,  col.  pi.  25'''°- 

CUVIER,  GEORGES  LEOPOLD,  BARON.  The 
animal  kingdom,  arranged  in  conformity  with  its 
organization.  By  Baron  Cuvier.  Translated  from  the 
French  and  abridged  for  the  use  of  schools,  etc.,  by 
H.  M.  Murtrie  .  .  .  New  York,  G.  &  C.  &H.  Carvill, 
1832.  vi,  532  pp.  22§°°- 

DARWIN,  CHARLES.  The  zoology  of  the  voyage 
of  H.M.S.  Beagle,  under  the  command  of  Captain 
Fitzroy,  during  the  years  1 832-1 836  .  .  .  Edited  and 
superintended  by  Charles  Darwin  .  .  .  Part  11.  Mam- 
malia. London,  Smith,  Elder  and  Co.  .  .  .  1839.  v, 
97  pp.  illus.  and  col.  pi.  32^"* 

Letter  from  Charles  Darwin  to  Richard  Owen  in  front  of 
volume. 

DARWIN,  CHARLES.  The  zoology  of  the  voyage 
of  H.M.S.  Beagle,  under  command  of  Captain  Fitzroy, 
during  the  years  1832  to  1836.  Published  with  the 
approval  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Her  Majesty's 
Treasury.  Edited  and  superintended  by  Charles  Dar- 
win.  London.   Published  by  Elder  &  Co.  .  .  .  1840- 

1843.  5  parts  in  3  vols.   Illustrated  with  many  plates. 
32cm. 

DAVENPORT,  CHARLES  B.  Inheritance  in 'Ca- 
naries. By  Charles  Davenport.  Washington,  D.C. 
Published  by  the  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington, 
1908.  26  pp.  3  col.  pi.  2^^- 

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DAVID,  ARMAND,  ABBE.  Journal  d'un  voyage 
dans  le  centre  de  la  Chine  et  dans  le  Thibet  oriental, 
avec  Catalogue  des  oiseaux  nouveaux  ou  incompl^te- 
ment  connus,  par  J.  Verreaux;  et  Remarques  sur  I'lbis 
Sinensis,  par  E.  Oustalet.  248  pp.  10  col.  pi.  33!^" 
(Nouvelles  Archives  du  Museum.  Bulletin,  vol.  7.) 

DAVID  ARMAND,  ABB£.  Les  oiseaux  de  la 
Chine.  Par  M.  l'Abb6  Armand  David  et  M.  E. 
Oustalet.  Avec  un  atlas  de  124  planches,  dessindes  et 
lithographi^es.  Par  M.  Amoul,  et  colorizes  au  pinceau. 
Paris,  G.  Masson,  1877.  2  vols.,  text  and  atlas.  25 


icm. 
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DAVIDSON,  R.  O.  A  new  theory  of  the  flight  of 
birds.  By  R.  O.  Davidson.  Washington,  D.  C,  Henry 
Polkinhorn,  1858.  28  pp.  illus.  2i|^- 

DAVIE,  OLIVER.  Methods  in  the  art  of  taxidermy. 
By  Oliver  Davie  ...  90  full-page  engravings  chiefly 
drawn  by  Theodore  Jasper  .  .  .  the  whole  containing 
500  figures,  clearly  illustrating  the  modes  of  procedure 
in  the  art,  together  with  examples  of  characteristic 
forms  and  altitudes  of  various  species  of  the  animal 
kingdom,  including  reproductions  from  photographs 
of  actual  work  by  American  taxidermists.  Columbus, 
Hann  &  Adair;  Lx)ndon,  H.  T.  Booth,  1894.  xiv,  150, 
vii,  xiii  pp.  27"°' 

DAVIE,  OLIVER.  Nests  and  eggs  of  North  Ameri- 
can birds.  By  Oliver  Davie.  4th  ed.,  rev.  and  augm. 
Introduction  by  J.  Parker  Norris.  Illustrations  by 
Theodore  Jasper  .  .  .  and  W.  Otto  Emerson.  Col- 
umbus [O.],  Hann  &  Adair,  1889.  5  pp.  I.,  455,  xii  pp. 
13  pi.    (incl.  front.).  23*^- 

The  first  edition  was  published  in  1885  under  title:  An 
egg  check  list  of  North  American  birds. 

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DAVIE,  OLIVER.  Nests  and  eggs  of  North  Ameri- 
can birds.  By  Oliver  Davie.  The  fifth  edition  revised, 
augmented  and  illustrated.  Part  ii.  Ornithological 
and  oological  collecting.  (The  preparation  of  skin, 
nests  and  eggs  for  the  cabinet.)  Columbus,  The  Lon- 
don Press,  1898.  509,  18,  xvi,  pp.  front.,  ill.  in  text. 
23cm. 

DAVIE,  OLIVER.   Reveries  and  recollections  of  a 
naturalist.   By  Oliver  Davie  .  .  .  with  illus.   Colum- 
bus, 1898.   106  pp.  front.  2sV^' 
Edition  de  luxe. 

DAVIS,  C.  H.  Narrative  of  the  North  polar  expedi- 
tion U.S.  Ship  Polaris,  Capt.  C.  F.  Hall  commanding. 
Edited  under  the  direction  of  the  Hon.  G.  M.  Robeson 
...  by  Rear  Admiral  C.  H.  Davis,  U.S.  Naval  Ob- 
servatory, 1876.  Washington,  Government  Printing 
Office,  1876.  696  pp.  illus.  26|^'°- 

DAWSON,  WILLIAM  LEON.  The  birds  of  Ohio; 
a  complete  scientific  and  popular  description  of  the 
320  species  of  birds  found  in  the  state.  By  William 
Leon  Dawson  .  .  .  with  introduction  and  analytical 
keys  by  Lynds  Jones  .  .  .  Illustrated  by  80  plates  in 
color-photography  and  more  than  200  original  half- 
tones, showing  the  favorite  haunts  of  the  birds,  flock- 
ing, feeding,  nesting,  etc.,  from  photographs  taken  by 
the  author  and  others  .  .  .  Columbus,  The  Wheaton 
Publishing  Co.,  1903.  xlvii,  674  pp.,  incl.  front.,  illus. 
8ocol.pl.  27°°- 

"Original  edition,  limited  to  one  thousand  copies."   This 
copy  not  numbered. 

DAWSON,  WILLIAM  LEON.  The  birds  of  Wash- 
ington ;  a  complete  scientific  and  popular  account  of  the 
372  species  of  birds  found  in  the  state.   By  William 

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Leon  Dawson  .  .  .  assisted  by  John  Hooper  Bowles. 
Seattle,  The  Occidental  Publishing  Co.,  1909.  2  vols, 
front.,  illus.,  plates  (partly  col.),  ss^""'  Paged  contin- 
uously; Vol.  I,  4  pp.,  I.,  iii-xvii  pp.,  II.,  458  pp.;  vol.  2, 
3  pp.  I.,  iii  pp.,  II.,  [4591-997  PP- 

"Of  this  work  in  all 'its  editions  1250  copies  have  been 

printed  and  the  plates  destroyed."    15  additional  plates  by 

Allan  Brooks.  Patron's  edition. 

DEARBORN,  NED.  A  preliminary  list  of  the  birds 
of  Belknap  and  Merrimac  Counties,  New  Hampshire, 
with  notes.  By  Ned  Dearborn.  Presented  to  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  N.H.  College  of  Agr.  and  the  Mechanic 
Arts  as  a  thesis  for  the  degree  of  M.S.,  June,  1898. 
Durham,  N.H.,  College,  1898.   34  pp.   22°°- 

DEATH  VALLEY  EXPEDITION.  A  biological 
survey  of  parts  of  California,  Nevada,  Arizona,  and 
Utah.  Part  11  .  .  .  Washington,  Government  Print- 
ing Office,  1893.  402  pp.  front.,  illus.,  14  pi.,  5  maps. 
23*^'  (U.S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture.  Division  of  orni- 
thology and  mammology.  North  American  fauna 
no.  7.)   Part  i,  not  published  (1908). 

DE  KAY,  JAMES  E.  Zoology  of  New  York,  or  the 
New  York  fauna,  com-prising  detailed  descriptions  of 
all  the  animals  hitherto  observed  within  the  state  of 
New  York,  with  brief  notices  of  those  occasionally 
found  near  its  borders,  and  accompanied  by  appro- 
priate illustrations.  By  James  E.  De  Kay.  Part  li. 
Birds.  Albany,  Printed  by  Carroll  &  Cook,  1844.  xii, 
380  pp.   141  col.  pi. 

DELABARRE,  E.  B.  Report  of  the  Brown- 
Harvard  Expedition  to  Nachrak,  Labrador,  in  the 
year  1900.  By  E.  B.  Delabarre.  1902.  pp.  65-212. 
illus.,  front.,  map.  24"°-  (Bulletin  of  the  Geo.  Society 
of  Phil.,  vol.  III.  no.  4.) 

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DELATTRE,  M.  A.  Notes  ornithologiques  sur  les 
collections  rapportdes  en  1853,  par  M.  A.  Delattre,  et 
classification  parallelique  des  passereaux  chanteurs, 
par  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte.  Paris,  Mallet-Bache- 
lier,  .  .  .  1854.  95  PP-  28|^'°- 

DELAWARE  VALLEY  ORNITHOLOGICAL 
CLUB.  Abstract  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Delaware 
Valley  Ornithological  Club  of  Philadelphia  (1890- 
1901).  V.  p.   23'" 


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DELAWARE  VALLEY  CLUB  OF  PHILADEL- 
PHIA. Proceedings,  1901-10.  3  vols.,  illus.,  maps.  25°°' 

DESCOURTILZ,  J.  T.    See  p.  187. 

DESFONTAINES,  REN£  LOUICHE.  Desfon- 
taines's  m6moire  sur  quelques  nouvelles  esp^ces 
d'oiseaux  des  c6tes  de  Barbaric.  Edited  by  Alfred 
Newton  .  .  .  London,  1880.  iv,  pp.  496-505.  pi. 
x-xvi.  26"°^-  [The  Willughby  Society.] 

DESMAREST,  ANSELME-GA£TAN.  Histoire 
naturelle  des  Tangaras,  des  Manakins  et  des  Todiers. 
Par  Anselme-Gaetan  Desmarest;  avec  figures  impri- 
m6es  en  couleur,  d'apr^s  les  dessins  de  Mile.  Pauline  de 
Courcelles,  61eve  de  Barraband.  Paris,  1805.  136  pp. 
27  col.  pi.  52' 


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DESMAREST,  ANSELME-GAETAN.  Histoire 
naturelle  des  Tangaras,  des  Manakins  et  des  Todiers. 
Par  Anselme-Gaetan  Desmarest;  avec  figures  impri- 
m6es  en  couleur,  d'apr^s  les  dessins  de  Mile.  Pauline  de 
Courcelles,  61^ve  de  Barraband.  Paris,  Garnery,  .  .  . 
Delacheuss^e,  .  .  .  1805.  8  pp.  and  descriptive  text 
to  plates.  2  plates  of  each  bird,  i  col.   sS""^' 

DES  MURS,  O.  Iconographie  ornithologique. 
Nouveau  recueil  g^n^ral  de  planches  peintes  d'oiseaux, 

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pour  servir  de  suite  et  de  complement  aux  planches 
enlumin^es  de  Buffon.  Edition  en  folio  et  en  4°,  de 
rimprimerie  royale,  1770,  et  aux  planches  colorizes  de 
Mm.  Temminck  et  Laugier  de  Chartrouse,  mimes 
formats,  accompagn^  d'un  texte  raisonn6,  critique  et 
descriptif.  Publi6  par  O.  Des  Murs.  A  Paris,  Fried- 
rich  Klincksiech,  1849.  72  col.  pi.  46''"- 

DES  MURS,  O.  Oiseaux.  Paris,  Bertrand,  1855. 
98  pp.  20col.pl.  2i|^"  (Expedition  dans  les  parties 
centrales  de  I'Amerique  du  Sud  .  .  .  sous  la  direc- 
tion du  Comte  Francis  de  Castelnau.    Zoologie.) 

DEWAR,  DOUGLAS.  Bombay  ducks;  an  account 
of  some  of  the  every-day  birds  and  beasts  found  in  a 
naturalist's  Eldorado.  By  Douglas  Dewar;  with  nu- 
merous illustrations  from  photographs  of  living  birds, 
by  Captain  F.  D.  S.  Fayrer,  LM.S.  London,  New  York, 
J.  Lane,  1906.  xii,  304  pp.  front.,  plates.  23*"™- 

DEWAR,  DOUGLAS.  Indian  birds;  being  a  key  to 
the  common  birds  of  the  plains  of  India.  By  Douglas 
Dewar.  London,  John  Lane;  New  York,  John  Lane 
Co.,  1910.   228  pp.   20°°' 

DIONNE,  CHARLES  EUSfiBE.  Les  oiseaux  de  la 
province  de  Quebec.  Par  C.  E.  Dionne  .  .  .  Qu6bec, 
Dussault  &  Proulx,  1906.  414  pp.  11.  illus.,  8  pi. 
(incl.  front.).    24*" 


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DIONNE,  CHARLES  EUSfiBE.  Les  oiseaux  du 
Canada.  Par  C.  E.  Dionne  .  .  .  Quebec,  P.  G. 
Delisle,  1883.  xliii,  284  pp.,  ii.  illus.  I9^'°-  Title 
vignette. 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Among  the  birds  in  northern 
shires.    By  Charles  Dixon.    With  col.  front,  and  40 

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other  illus.,  by  Charles  Whymper.  Blackie  and  Son, 
Ltd.,  London,  Glasgow,  and  Dublin,  1900.  x,  303  pp., 
col.  front.  40  illus.    23*^ 


,cm. 


DIXON,  CHARLES.  Annals  of  bird  life.  A  year- 
book of  British  ornithology.  By  Charles  Dixon,  with 
illus.  London,  Chapman  &  Hall,  Ltd.,  1890.  viii,  352 
pp.  front.,  illus.  21"°* 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  The  birds  of  our  rambles,  a 
companion  for  the  country.  By  Charles  Dixon  .  .  . 
with  illus.  by  A.  T.  Elwes.  London,  Chapman  &  Hall, 
Ltd.,  1891.  X,  449  pp.  front.,  illus.  2I*'"- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Curiosities  of  bird  life;  an 
account  of  the  sexual  adornments,  wonderful  display, 
strange  sounds,  sweet  songs,  curious  nests,  protective 
and  recognitory  colours,  and  extraordinary  habits  of 
birds.  By  Charles  Dixon  .  .  .  London,  G.  Redway, 
1897.    2  pp.  I.,  [vii]-xii,  322  pp.    20|*="- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  The  game  birds  and  wild  fowl 
of  the  British  Islands,  being  a  handbook  for  the  natu- 
ralist and  sportsman.  By  Charles  Dixon.  With  illus. 
by  A.  T.  Elwes,  coloured.  London,  Chapman  &  Hall, 
Ltd.,  1895.  XV,  468  pp.  front.,  col.  illus.  23*^ 


,cm. 


DIXON,  CHARLES.  Jottings  about  birds.  By 
Charles  Dixon.  With  coloured  frontispiece  by  J. 
Smit.  London,  Chapman  &  Hall,  Ltd.,  1893.  iv,  239 
pp.   front.,  col.  2i'="- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Lost  and  vanishing  birds; 
being  a  record  of  some  remarkable  extinct  species  and 
a  plea  for  some  threatened  forms.  By  Charles  Dixon 
.  .  .  with  ten  plates,  by  Charles  Whymper.  London, 
J.  Macqueen,  1898.   295  [i]  pp.  10  pi.    (incl.  front.). 


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DIXON,  CHARLES.  The  nests  and  eggs  of  British 
birds,  when  and  where  to  find  them;  being  a  hand- 
book to  the  oology  of  the  British  Islands.  By  Charles 
Dixon  .  .  .  London,  Chapman  &  Hall,  Ltd.,  1893. 
xii,  371  pp.  21^- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Our  rarer  birds;  being  studies 
in  ornithology  and  oology.  By  Charles  Dixon;  with 
70  illus.  by  Charles  Whymper  and  a  frontispiece  by 
J.  G.  Keulemans.  London,  Richard  Bentley  &  Son, 
1888.  xiv,  378  pp.  front.,  70  illus.   23°°- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Rural  bird  life;  being  essays 
on  ornithology,  with  instructions  for  preserving  objects 
relating  to  that  science.  By  Charles  Dixon;  with  45 
illus.  and  a  preface,  by  Elliott  Coues.  Boston,  Estes  & 
Lauriat  (1880).  xvi,  374  pp.  front.,  illus.  20''°' 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Rural  bird  life;  being  essays 
on  ornithology,  with  instructions  for  preserving  objects 
relating  to  that  science.  By  Charles  Dixon;  with  a 
frontispiece  in  colours,  and  numerous  illus.  engraved 
on  wood,  by  G.  Pearson.  Second  edition.  London. 
Longman,  Green  &  Co.,  1882.  xiv,  374  pp.  front., 
illus.   19'"- 

DIXON,  CHARLES.  Stray  feathers  from  many 
birds;  being  leaves  from  a  naturalist's  notebook.  By 
Charles  Dixon  .  .  .  with  numerous  illus.  by  Charles 
Whymper.  London,  W.  H.  Allen  &  Co.,  1890.  viii, 
231  pp.  front.,  illus.  23"°- 

DIXON,  GEORGE.  A  voyage  round  the  worid; 
but  more  particularly  to  the  North-West  coast  of 
America:  performed  in  1 785-1 788  in  the  King  George 
and  Queen  Charlotte,  Captains  Portlock  and  Dixon 
...  By  Capt.  George  Dixon.  London,  Geo.  Goulding, 
1789.  xxix,  360,  48  pp.  maps  and  illus.  28"°- 

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DOAN,  WILLIAM  D.  Birds  of  West  Virginia.  (In 
West  Virginia  Experiment  Station  Bulletin,  no.  3, 
Dec,  1888,  pp.  47-88.) 

DONOVAN,  E.  The  natural  history  of  British 
birds;  or  a  selection  of  the  most  rare,  beautiful,  and 
interesting  birds  which  inhabit  this  country:  the 
descriptions  from  the  Systema  naturae  of  Linnaeus; 
with  general  observations,  either  original  or  collected 
from  the  latest  and  most  esteemed  English  ornitholo- 
gists; and  illustrated  figures.  .  .  .  By  E.  Donovan. 
In  5  vols.  London  .  .  .  1799.  5  vols.,  col.  pi.  24!*"°- 

DONOVAN,  E.  The  naturalist's  repository,  or 
monthly  miscellany  of  exotic  natural  history:  consist- 
ing of  elegantly  coloured  plates  with  appropriate 
scientific  and  general  descriptions  of  the  most  curious, 
scarce,  and  beautiful  productions  of  nature  that  have 
been  recently  discovered  in  various  parts  of  the  world. 
.  .  .  The  whole  composed  according  to  the  latest  im- 
provements in  the  various  departments  of  the  sciences, 
and  forming  collectively  a  truly  valuable  compendium 
of  the  most  important  discoveries  of  quadrupeds, 
birds,  fishes,  insects,  shells,  marine  productions,  and 
eVery  other  interesting  object  of  natural  history,  the 
produce  of  foreign  climates.  By  E.  Donovan,  Lon- 
don .  .  .  1823-1827.  5  vols.,  col.  pi.  24*"°- 

D'ORBIGNY,  ALCIDES.  Historia  fisica  politica 
y  natural  de  la  Isla  de  Cuba.  Por  D.  Ramon  de  la 
Sagra.  Aves  por  M.  Alcides  D'Orbigny.  .  .  .  Paris. 
En  la  libreria  de  Arthus  Bertrand,  1839.  220  pp.  31 
col.  pi.  40*="- 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  Eggs  of  the  birds 
of  Europe,  including  all  the  species  inhabiting  the 
western  palaearctic  area.  By  H.  E.  Dresser.   London, 

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published  by  the  author  (by  special  permission)  at  the 
office  of  the  Royal  Society  for  the  Protection  of  Birds 
.  .  .  1910.  2  vols.  106  pi.  3 1 1*""'  Vol.  I,  letterpress; 
vol.  2,  plates. 

Contains  autograph  letter  from  author  in  vol.  i . 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  A  history  of  the 
birds  of  Europe,  including  all  the  species  inhabiting 
the  western  palaearctic  region.  By  H.  E.  Dresser  .  .  . 
London,  The  Author,  1871-1881.   8  vols.,  col.  plates. 

Each  volume  has  also  special  title-page,  illus.  Issued  in 
parts:  pts.  1-13,  prepared  in  collaboration  with  R.  B. 
Sharpe. 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  A  manual  of  palse- 
arctic  birds.  By  H.  E.  Dresser  .  .  .  London,  The 
author,  1902-03.  2  vols,  front,  (i  col.)  23^*^"-  Paged 
continuously;  pt.  l:  vii,  [7]  498  pp.,  11 ;  pt.  ll:  [7]  499- 
922  pp. 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  A  monograph  of 
the  Coraciidse,  or  the  family  of  the  Rollers.  By  H.  E. 
Dresser.  Pub.  by  the  author  at  Topelyffe  Grang^; 
Farnborough,  R.S.O.,  Kent,  1893.  lii  pp.  27  col.  pi. 
40'^- 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  A  monograph  of  the 
Meropidae,  or  family  of  the  Bee-eaters.  By  H.  E. 
Dresser.  London.  Published  by  the  author  .  .  . 
1884-1886.  xix,  144  pp.,  col.  pi.  4o|*''°- 

DRESSER,  HENRY  EELES.  On  certain  species 
of  Aquila.  By  H.  E.  Dresser  (1873).  —  Monograph  of 
the  Genus  Saxicola.  By  W.  T.  Blanford  and  H.  E. 
Dresser  [etc.]  ...  n.  d.  v.  p.  4  col.  pi.  23"^' 

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DUGMORE,  A.  RADCLYFFE.  Bird  homes.  The 
nests,  eggs  and  breeding  habits  of  the  land  birds  breed- 
ing in  the  eastern  United  States,  with  hints  on  the 
rearing  and  photographing  of  young  birds.  By  A. 
Radclyffe  Dugmore.  Illus.  with  photographs  from 
nature,  by  the  author.  New  York,  Doubleday  & 
McClure  Co.,  1900.  xvi,  183  pp.  pi.  front.,  illus.  (some 
col.).  261*^- 

DUGMORE,  A.  RADCLYFFE.  Camera  adven- 
tures in  the  African  wilds;  being  an  account  of  a  four 
months*  expedition  in  British  East  Africa,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securing  photographs  of  the  game  from  life.  By 
A.  Radclyffe  Dugmore,  with  140  photographs  from  life, 
by  the  author.  New  York.  Doubleday,  Page  &  Co., 
1910.  xix,  233  pp.  front.,  many  photographs. 

DUNCAN,  T.  C.  Ostrich  farming  in  America.  By 
J.  C.  Duncan,  M.D.,  Ph.D.  (1888).  Pp.  685-702, 
front,  and  illus.  22|*'°-  (Report  on  ostrich  farming, 
U.S.  Dept.  of  Agr.,  1888.) 

DURY,  CHARLES.  Papers  on  the  destruction  of 
native  birds.  By  Chas.  Dury.  From  Journal  of  the 
Cincinnati  Society  of  Nat.  Hist.,  1886.  No  t.-p.,  179- 
224  pp.  22*''°- 

DUTCHER,  BASIL  HICKS.  Bird  notes  from 
Little  Gull  Island,  Suffolk  Co.,  N.Y.  By  Basil  Hicks 
Dutcher.  —  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  New  York. 
By  William  Dutcher.  126-139  pp.  24^"'  (From  "The 
Auk,"  vol.  VI,  no.  2,  April,  1889.) 

DUTCHER,  WILLIAM.  A  contribution  to  the  life 
history  of  the  Herring  Gull  (Larus  Argentatus)  in  the 
United  States.  By  William  Dutcher  and  William  L. 
Bailey,  pp.  418-431,  pi.  xxi  and  xxii.  22|*''°-  (From 
"The  Auk,"  vol.  xx,  Oct.,  1903.) 

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DWIGHT,  JONATHAN,  JR.  Index  to  the  bulle- 
tin of  the  Nuttall  Ornithological  Club,  volumes  i-viii, 
1876-1883,  and  its  continuation  "The  Auk,"  volumes 
l-xvii,  1 884-1 900.  Compiled  by  a  committee  of  the 
American  Ornithologists'  Union,  edited  by  Jonathan 
Dwight,  Jr.,  M.D.  New  York,  1907.  viii,  426  pp.   24'='°- 

DWIGHT,  JONATHAN,  JR.  The  Ipswich  spar- 
row (Ammodramus  princeps  Maynard)  and  its  sum- 
mer home.  By  Jonathan  Dwight,  Jr.  With  a  colored 
plate.  Cambridge,  Mass.  Pub.  by  the  Club,  August, 
1895.  56  pp.,  col.  front.  27*^-  (Memoirs  of  the  Nut- 
tall  Ornithological  Club,  no.  11.) 

DWIGHT,  JONATHAN,  JR.  The  sequence  of 
plumages  and  moults  of  the  Passerine  birds  of  New 
York.  By  Jonathan  Dwight,  Jr.  (March,  1899.)  pp. 
73-360.  7  pi.  24'=°;-  No  t.-p. 

EATON,  ELON  HOWARD.  Birds  of  New  York. 
By  Elon  Howard  Eaton.  Albany,  Univ.  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  1910.  501  pp.,  42  col.  pi.  30"™-  (New  York 
State  Museum,  Memoir  12.) 

ECKSTORM,  MRS.  FANNIE  (HARDY).  The 
woodpeckers.  By  Fannie  Hardy  Eckstorm  .  .  .  Bos- 
ton and  New  York,  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company, 
1901.  4  pp.  I.,  131,  [i]  p.  col.  front.,  illus.,  col.  plates. 
I9r'°- 

EDWARDS,  GEORGE.  A  discourse  on  the  emi- 
gration of  British  birds;  or  this  question  at  last  solved: 
Whence  came  the  stork  .  .  .  containing  a  curious, 
particular  and  circumstantial  account  of  the  respective 
retreats  of  all  those  birds  of  passage,  .  .  .  also  a  copi- 
ous, entertaining,  and  satisfactory  relation  of  winter 
birds  of  passage  ...  By  a  naturalist.  London,  J. 
Walker,  1795.  xv,  64  pp.  211*" 

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EDWARDS,  GEORGE.  A  natural  history  of  un- 
common birds  and  some  other  rare  and  undescribed 
animals,  quadrupeds,  reptiles,  fishes,  insects,  etc.; 
exhibited  in  362  copper  plates  from  designs  copied 
immediately  from  nature  and  curiously  coloured  after 
life,  with  a  full  and  accurate  description  of  each  figure: 
to  which  is  added  a  brief  and  general  idea  of  drawing 
and  painting  in  water-colours,  with  instructions  for 
etching  on  copper  with  aqua-fortis;  likewise  some 
thoughts  on  the  passage  of  birds  and  additions  to  many 
of  the  subjects  described  in  this  work:  in  7  parts.  Lon- 
don. Printed  for  the  author  at  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians [i  743-1 746].  7vols.362col.pl.  30^'  Paged  con- 
tinuously. 

Added  t.-p.  for  vol.  i  and  t.-p.  for  vols.  2-4  read,  with 
minor  changes:  A  natural  history  of  birds,  most  of  which 
have  not  been  figur'd  or  described. 

t.-p.  for  vols.  5-7  reads:  Gleanings  of  natural  history 
.  .  .  ;  t.-p.  also  given  in  French  and  the  text  in  French  and 
English. 

Same.  t.-p.  of  vol.  i.  gives  210  plates,  and  4  parts. 

Same  as  copy  2.  Bound  in  4  vols.  Vol.  4  contains 

Illustrations  of  Natural  History,  by  Peter  Brown. 

EDWARDS,  GEORGE.  Verzameling  van  Uit- 
landsche  en  Zeldzaame  Vogelen,  benevens  eenige 
vreemde  dieren  en  Plantgewassen :  in  't  Engelsch 
naauwkeurig  beschreeven  en  naar  't  leven  met  Kleuren 
afgebeeld,  door  G.  Edwards  en  M.  Catesby:  Vervol- 
gens,  ten  opzigt  van  de  Plaaten  merkelyk  verbeterd, 
in  't  Hoogduitsch  uitgeven  door  .  .  .  M.  Houttuyn, 
Amsterdam,  Jan  Christiaan,  Sepp.  1 752-1 781.  3  vols. 
100  col.  pi.  43'='°- 

Issued  in  10  parts.    Very  rare. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  Catalogue  of  a 
collection  of  birds  obtained  by  the  expedition  into 

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Somaliland.  By  D.  G.  Elliot,  C.  B.  Cory,  Curator 
of  Dept.  Chicago,  U.S.A.,  Feb.,  1897.  (East  Africa 
collection  of  birds.)  29-67  pp.  25*" 


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ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  The  gallinaceous 
game  birds  of  North  America,  including  the  partridges, 
grouse,  ptarmigan,  and  wild  turkeys  ...  by  Daniel 
Giraud  Elliot  .  .  .  with  forty-six  plates.  London, 
Suckling  &  Co.,  1897.  xviii,  220  pp.,  il.  46  pi.  (incl. 
front.),  col.  chart.  2i°°- 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of 
the  Bucerotidse,  or  family  of  the  Hombills.  By  Daniel 
Giraud  Elliot  .  .  .  [London.]  Published  for  the  sub- 
scribers by  the  author  [printed  by  Taylor  and  Francis], 

1882.  xxxii,  [117]  pp.  59  (i.e.,  60)  pi.  (partly  col.). 
39cm. 

Originally  issued  in  10  pts.,  1877-82.  "Anorrhinus 
austeni"  (pi.  44),  mentioned  in  contents,  is  not  figured,  as 
no  specimens  are  obtainable.  Original  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of  the 
Paradiseidse,  or  Birds  of  Paradise.  By  Daniel  Giraud 
Elliot  .  .  .  [London.]  For  the  subscribers,  by  the 
author,  1873.  xxxii,  [90]  pp.  37  col.  pi.  62x49^"°- 

The  descriptive  text  accompanying  the  plates  is  sepa- 
rately paged  (1-3  pages  to  each  plate).  Single  pages  are 
unnumbered.  Hand-colored  plates.  The  first  plate  is  not 
colored.  Original  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of  the 
Phasianidae,  or  family  of  the  Pheasants.  By  Daniel 
Giraud  Elliot  .  .  .  New  York,  The  author,  1872.  2 
vols.  81  pi.  (79  col.).  6i°°- 

Issued  in  six  parts,  1 870-72.  The  rarest  and  finest  of  all 
Elliot's  ornithological  works.  Original  edition. 

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ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of  the 
Pittidse,  or  family  of  Ant  Thrushes.  By  Daniel 
Giraud  .  .  .  New  York,  D.  Appleton&  Co.,  1863.  99 
(2)  pp.  front.,  col.  pi.   58|°°- 

Original  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of  the 
Pittidae,  or  family  of  Ant  Thrushes.  By  Daniel  Giraud 
Elliot  .  .  .  London,  Bernard  Quaritch,  15  Picca- 
dilly, W.,  1893-1895.    99  (2)  pp.    50  col.  pi.    ss^'^' 

Plates,  with  preface,  introduction,  and  descriptive  text. 
Original  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  A  monograph  of 
the  Tetraoninae,  or  family  of  the  Grouse.  By  Daniel 
Giraud  Elliot  .  .  .  New  York,  The  author,  1865. 
10  pp.  I.,  [40]  pp.   27  col.  pi.   6o*^- 

Published  in  five  parts,  1864-65.  Each  plate  accompa- 
nied by  from  one  to  three  pages  of  descriptive  letterpress. 
Original  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.  North  American 
shore  birds;  a  history  of  the  snipes,  sandpipers,  plovers 
and  their  allies,  inhabiting  the  beaches  and  marshes  of 
the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  coasts,  the  prairies  and  the 
shores  of  the  inland  lakes  and  rivers  of  the  North 
American  continent  .  .  .  By  Daniel  Giraud  Elliot 
.  .  .  With  seventy-four  plates.  New  York,  F.  P. 
Harper,  1895.  xvi,  17-268  pp.,  illus.,  71  pi.  (incl. 
front.).  2i'^'°- 

First  edition. 

ELLIOT,  DANIEL  GIRAUD.^  The  wild  fowl  of  the 
United  States  and  British  possessions;  or.  The  Swan, 
Geese,  Ducks,  and  Mergansers  of  North  America  .  .  . 
By  Daniel  Giraud  Elliot  .  .  .  with  sixty-three  plates. 

*  See  page  187. 
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New  York,  F.  P.  Harper,  1898.  xxii,  19-316  pp.  front, 
port.,  63  pL  21*="- 
First  edition. 

ELROD,  M.J.  Birds  in  their  relation  to  agriculture. 
The  wealth  of  Montana  as  shown  by  statistics.  By 
Morton  J.  Elrod.  University  of  Montana,  Missoula, 
Mont.  1904.  pp.  173-190  and  197-208.  8  pi.  22|°°- 
(Reprint  from  2d  Annual  Report,  Mont.  State  Board 
of  Farmers'  Institutes.) 

ESSEX  INSTITUTE.  Bulletin.  Salem,  Mass., 
Essex  Institute  Press,  1870-98.   15  vols.,  illus.  22|*^' 

EVANS,  ARTHUR  HUMBLE.  Birds.  By  A.  H. 
Evans  .  .  .  London,  New  York,  Macmillan  and  Co., 
limited,  1900.  xvi,  635  pp.    front,  (fold,  map),  illus. 

23^ 

(Half-title :  The  Cambridge  natural  history,  ed.  by  S.  F. 
Harmer  .  .  .  and  A.  E.  Shipley  .  .  .  vol.  ix.) 

EVANS,  ARTHUR  HUMBLE.  Turner  on  birds: 
a  short  history  of  the  principal  birds  noticed  by  Pliny 
and  Aristotle,  first  published  by  Dr.  William  Turner, 
1544.  Edited,  with  introduction,  translation,  notes 
and  appendix,  by  A.  H.  Evans,  M.A.  Cambridge,  at 
the  University  Press,  1903.  xviii,  223  pp.  23*^' 
Latin  on  left-hand  page,  English  on  right. 

EYTON,  THOMAS  CAMPBELL.  A  history  of  the 
rarer  British  birds.    By  T.  C.  Eyton  .  .  .  London, 
Longman,  Rees,  Orme,  Brown,  Green,  and  Longman 
[etc.],  1836.  vi  pp.,  II.,  loi  pp.,  illus.  22*"™- 
Title  vignette. 

FAUNA  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  Parts  1-7.  (Bos- 
ton Society  of  Natural  History.  Occasional  Papers, 
vol.  7.)   Boston,  1904-1906.  n.  p.  23^*™- 

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FAXON,  WALTER.  Brewster's  Warbler.  By 
Walter  Faxon.  With  one  plate.  Cambridge,  U.S.A. 
Printed  for  the  Museum,  Jan.,  191 1.  Pp.  57-78.  i  col. 
pi.  32*^°-  [Memoirs  of  the  Museum  of  Comparative 
Zoology  at  Harvzurd  College,  vol.  XL,  no.  2.] 

FAXON,  WALTER.  The  birds  of  Berkshire 
County,  Mass.  By  Walter  Faxon  and  Ralph  Hoffman. 
60  pp.  23^""- 

FINLEY,  WILLIAM  LOVELL.  American  birds, 
studied  and  photographed  from  life.  By  William 
Lovell  Finley;  illustrated  from  photographs,  by  Her- 
man T.  Bohlman  and  the  author.  New  York,  C. 
Scribner's  Sons,  1907.  xvi,  256  pp.  front.,  47  pi. 
2i|^'^- 

FINN,  FRANK.  Ornithological  and  other  oddities. 
By  Frank  Finn  .  .  .  late  deputy  superintendent  of  the 
Indian  Museum,  Calcutta;  with  fifty-six  illustrations 
reproduced  from  photographs.  London,  New  York, 
J.  Lane  Company,  1907.  xvi  pp.,  11.,  294  pp.,  ii-  front., 
plates.  23''™- 

FINSCH,  OTTO.  Die  Papageien,  Monographisch 
Bearbeitet.  Von  Dr.  Otto  Finsch.  Leiden,  E.  J.  Brill, 
1867-68.   3  vols.,  illus.,  col.  pi.,  map.    24*^ 


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FISHER,  ALBERT  KENRICK.  The  economic 
value  of  predaceous  birds  and  mammals.  (In  U.S. 
Dept.  of  Agriculture.  Yearbook,  1908,  pp.  187-194, 
pi.  i-iii.  23*='°-  Washington,  1909.) 

FISHER,  ALBERT  KENRICK.  .  .  .  Hawks 
and  Owls  from  the  standpoint  of  the  farmer.  By  A.  K. 
Fisher  .  .  .  Washington,  1895.  [18]  pp.,  illus.,  plates. 

22|*='"- 

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FISHER,  ALBERT  KENRICK.  The  Hawks  and 
Owls*  of  the  United  States  in  their  relation  to  agri- 
culture, prepared  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  C.  Hart 
Merriam  ...  by  A.  K.  Fisher  .  .  .  Washington, 
Government  Printing  Office,  1893.  210  pp.  25  col.  pi. 

FISHER,  ALBERT  KENRICK.  Two  vanishing 
game  birds  —  the  Woodcock  and  the  Wood  Duck.  (In 
U.S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture.  Yearbook,  1901,  pp.  447- 
458.   illus.,  pi.  LXiii-LXiv.  23*"°*  Washington,  1902.) 

FISHER,  WALTER  KENRICK.  A  new  Procel- 
sterna  from  the  Leeward  Islands,  Hawaiian  Group. 
By  Walter  K.  Fisher.  (U.S.  Nat.  Mus.  Proc,  vol.  26, 
pp.  559-563-)   23<^'^- 

FISHER,  WALTER  KENRICK.  Birds  of  Lay- 
san  and  the  Leeward  Islands,  Hawaiian  Group.  By 
Walter  K.  Fisher.  Washington,  Government  Printing 
Office,  1903.  39  pp.   10  pi.  28§'=°^ 

FLAGG,  WILSON.  A  year  with  the  birds;  or.  The 
birds  and  seasons  of  New  England.  By  Wilson  Flagg 
.  .  .  Boston,  Estes  and  Lauriat,  1881.  2  pp.  i.,  iv, 
324  pp.    191*^- 

Portions  of  the  work  originally  published  in  1875  under 
tide:  The  birds  and  seasons  of  New  England. 

FLAGG,  WILSON.  The  birds  and  seasons  of  New 
England.  By  Wilson  Flagg,  with  illus.  Boston,  James 
R.  Osgood  and  Co.,  1875.  vi,457pp.  front.,  illus.  2i"°' 

FORBES,  HENRY  O.  A  naturalist's  wanderings 
in  the  eastern  archipelago.  A  narrative  of  travel  and 
exploration  from  1 878-1 883.    By  Henry  O.  Forbes. 

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With  numerous  illus.  from  the  author's  sketches  and 
descriptions,  by  Mr.  John  B.  Gibbs.  New  York, 
Harper  &  Bros.,  1885.  xix,  536  pp.  front,  (col.),  illus. 
and  maps.  23^™* 

FORBES,  S.  A.  The  food  of  birds.  By  S.  A.  Forbes, 
111.  State  Lab.  of  Nat.  Hist.,  pp.  120-176.    22""^' 

FORBES,  S.  A.  An  ornithological  cross-section  of 
Illinois  in  autumn.  (Bulletin  of  the  Illinois  State  Lab- 
oratory of  Nat.  Hist.,  vol.  vii,  1907,  pp.  305-335.)   26*^'°- 

FORBUSH,  EDWARD  HOWE.  The  destruction 
of  birds  by  the  elements  in  1903-04.  Special  report 
by  Edward  Howe  Forbush,  Wareham,  Mass.  front., 
illus.  22|"°'  (Prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  Mass. 
State  Board  of  Agriculture,  pp.  429-543.) 

FORBUSH,  EDWARD  HOWE.  A  history  of  the 
game  birds,  wild  fowl  and  shore  birds  of  Massachusetts 
and  adjacent  states  ...  By  Edward  Howe  Forbush 
.  .  .  Illustrated  with  drawings  by  W.  I.  Beecroft 
and  the  author  and  photographs  by  Herbert  K.  Job 
and  others.  Issued  by  the  Massachusetts  State  Board 
of  Agriculture.  By  authority  of  the  Legislature,  1912. 
xvi,  622  pp.  col.  front.,  36  pi.,  illus.  in  text.  25!"°' 

FORBUSH,  EDWARD  HOWE.  Special  report  on 
the  decrease  of  certain  birds,  and  its  causes,  with  sug- 
gestions for  bird  protection.  By  Edward  Howe  For- 
bush. pp.  430-543;  front.,  I  illus.  22^"°-  (Prepared 
under  the  direction  of  the  Mass.  State  Board  of 
Agriculture.) 

FORBUSH,  EDWARD  HOWE.  Statutory  bird 
protection  in  Massachusetts.  By  Edward  Howe  For- 
bush, 1907.  14  pp.  23'"°'  (Printed  from  the  Sept., 
1907,  bulletin  of  the  Mass.  State  Board  of  Agriculture.) 

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FORBUSH,  EDWARD  HOWE.  Useful  birds  and 
their  protection,  containing  brief  descriptions  of  the 
more  common  and  useful  species  of  Massachusetts, 
with  accounts  of  their  food  habits  and  a  chapter  on 
the  means  of  attracting  and  protecting  birds.  By 
Edward  Howe  Forbush.  Illustrated  by  the  author, 
C.  A.  Lyford,  C.  A.  Reed  and  others.  Published  under 
direction  of  the  Mass.  State  Board  of  Agriculture  by 
authority  of  the  Legislature,  xx,  457  pp.  front.,  illus. 

2gcm. 

FOREST  AND  STREAM.  Pictures  from  "Forest 
and  Stream,"  Thirty- two  proof  impressions  selected 
from  the  '*  Forest  and  Stream."  New  York,  Forest  and 
Stream  Publishing  Company,  1901.  44x50^'°* 

FORSTER,  JOHN  REINHOLD.  An  account  of 
the  birds  sent  from  Hudson's  Bay;  with  observations 
relative  to  the  natural  history;  and  Latin  descriptions 
of  some  of  the  most  uncommon.  By  J.  R.  Forster. 
53  pp.    22*"°'    [The  Willughby  Society,  vol.  lxii.] 

FORSTER,  JOHN  REINHOLD.  Forster's  Ani- 
mals of  Hudson's  Bay.  Edited  by  Philip  Lutley 
Sclater,  .  .  .  London,  1882.  iv,  53  pp.  22|^-  [The 
Willughby  Society.] 

FORSTER,  JOHN  REINHOLD.  Forster's  Cata- 
logue of  the  animals  of  North  America,  or  Faunula 
Americana.  Edited  by  Philip  Lutley  Sclater  .  .  . 
London,  1882.  iv,  43  pp.  i  pi.  23'''°-  [The  Willughby 
Society.] 

FORSTER,  JOHN  REINHQLD.  Indian  Zoology, 
second  edition.  London.  Printed  by  Henry  Hughs  for 
Robert  Faulder,  1790.  viii,  161  pp.   16  pi.  26'''°' 

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FORSTER,  THOMAS.  Observations  of  the  natural 
history  of  the  Swallow  tribe ;  with  collateral  statement 
of  facts  relative  to  their  migration  and  to  their  brumal 
torpidity,  and  a  copious  table  of  reference  to  authors. 
Illustrated  by  figures  of  5  species,  engraved  on  wood 
by  Willis.  To  which  is  added  a  general  catalogue  of 
British  birds.  By  Thomas  Forster.  London  .  .  .  18 17. 
xiv,  97  pp.  illus.  23|'"°- 

FOSTER,  L.  S.  A  consideration  of  some  ornitho- 
logical literature,  with  extracts  from  current  criticism. 
I,  1876  to  1883.  II,  1884  to  1893.  By  L.  S.  Foster. 
53  PP-  23|^'°- 

FOWLER,  WILLIAM  WARDE.  Summer  studies 
of  birds  and  books.  By  W.  Warde  Fowler  .  .  .  Lon- 
don and  New  York,  Macmillan  and  Co.,  1895.  x,  288 
pp.,  incl.  illus.,  pi.   195*^™* 

FRANKLIN,  SIR  JOHN.  Narrative  of  a  journey  to 
the  shores  of  the  Polar  Sea,  in  the  years  1819-22.  By 
John  Franklin,  Capt.  .  .  .  Third  edition.  Two  vols. 
London,  John  Murray  .  .  .  1824.    2  vols.,  maps.   22*^* 

FREILIGRATH,  F.  Epistel  an  Audubon  nebst 
einer  Antwort  aus  Amerika  au  Freiligrath  (De 
Angmarset).   Philadelphia,  1844.   16  pp.   14!'™' 

FREMONT,  JOHN  C.  Report  of  the  exploring 
expedition  to  the  Rocky  Mountains  in  the  year  1842 
and  to  Oregon  and  North  California  in  the  years  1843- 
44.  By  Brevet-Captain  J.  C.  Fremont  .  .  .  Washing- 
ton, Gales  and  Seaton,  1845.  693  pp.,  pi.,  maps.  24'^°" 
Original  edition  printed  by  order  of  the  U.S.  Senate. 

FROHAWK,  F.  W.,  Artist.  Weaver  birds.  Plates 
(partly  col.),  with  descriptive  text.  v.  p.  26*"°'  Not. -p., 
n.  d.  Name  of  author  not  given. 

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GADOW,  HANS.  Through  Southern  Mexico;  being 
an  account  of  the  travels  of  a  naturalist.  By  Hans 
Gadow.  With  over  i6o  full-page  and  other  illus.  and 
maps.  London,  Witherby  &  Co.;  New  York,  Charles 
•Scribner's  Sons,  1908.  xvi,  527  pp.  front.,  160  full- 
page  and  other  illus.  22|^* 

GAMBEL,  WILLIAM.  Remarks  on  the  birds 
observed  in  Upper  California,  with  descriptions  of  new 
species.    By  William  Gambel.   pp.  25-26.    2  col.  pi. 

GATKE,  HEINRICH.  Heligoland  as  an  ornitho- 
logical observatory ;  the  result  of  fifty  years'  experience. 
By  Heinrich  Gatke  .  .  .  tr.  by  R.  Rosenstock  .  .  . 
Edinburgh,  D.  Douglas,  1895.  x  pp.,  11.,  599  pp. 
front.,  illus.,  port.  25!*^' 

GENTRY,  THOMAS  GEORGE.  Life-histories  of 
the  birds  of  eastern  Pennsylvania.  By  Thomas  G. 
Gentry  .  .  .  Philadelphia.  Pub.  by  the  author,  1876- 
77.  2  vols.  2o|"^™"  Vol.  2  has  imprint:  Salem,  Mass., 
The  Naturalists'  Agency,  1877. 

GENTRY,  THOMAS  GEORGE.  Nests  and  eggs 
of  birds  of  the  United  States  ...  By  Thomas  G. 
Gentry  .  .  .  Philadelphia,  J.  A.  Wagenseller,  1882. 
X,  300  pp.  front,  port.,  I.  (i.e.  54)  col.  pi.   31x251"°* 

GENTRY,  THOMAS  GEORGE.  The  House- 
Sparrow  at  home  and  abroad,  with  some  concluding 
remarks  upon  its  usefulness,  and  copious  references  to 
the  literature  of  the  subject.  By  Thomas  G.  Gentry. 
Philadelphia,  Claxton,  Remsen  &  Haff dinger.  1878. 
l-vi,  128  pp.  front.  23*^ 


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GfiRARDIN,  S£BASTIEN.   Tableau  ^l^mentaire 
d'ornithologie  I'histoire  naturelle  des  oiseaux  que  Ton 

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rencontre  commun^ment  en  France  .  .  .  Par  S^bas- 
tien  G6rardin.    Paris,  G*  Dufour  et  E.  d'Ocagne  .  .  , 

1822.    2  vols.    22'^'°* 

GERARDIN,  SfiBASTIEN.  Recueil  de  planches 
du  tableau  616mentaire  d'ornithologie,  ou  histoire 
naturelle  des  oiseaux  que  Ton  rencontre  commun6- 
ment  en  France:  Pr6c6d6  d'un  trait6  sur  la  mani^re 
naturelle,  .  .  .  ParSebastienG^rardin  (DeMirecourt). 
Paris,  G.  Dufour  et  E.  d'Ocagne.  Amsterdam,  G. 
Dufour  et  Compagnie,  1822.   144  pp.  41  pi.  30*^™* 

GERINI,  GIOVANNI.  Storia  naturale  deliguccelli 
trattata  con  metodo  e  adornata  de  figure  intagliate  in 
Rame  e  miniate  al  naturale.  .  .  .  Firenze,  1 767-1 776. 
5  vols.,  t.-p.  in  Italian  and  Latin.  599  col.  pi.  47x37*:™' 

GIBBS,  MORRIS.  Annotated  list  of  the  birds  of 
Michigan.  By  Dr.  Morris  Gibbs.  1879.  pp.  481-497. 
22^-    (U.S.  Geol.  Survey,  Bulletin.) 

GIEBEL,  C.  G.  The  saurus  Ornithologiae.  Reper- 
torium  der  gesammten  Ornithologischen  literatur  und 
Nomenclator  Sammtlicher  gattungen  und  arten  der 
vogel  nebst  synonymen  und  geographischer  verbrei- 
tung.  Von  Dr.  C.  G.  Giebel.  Leipzig,  1872-1877.  6 
vols.   25"°' 

GILLISS,  J.  M.  The  U.S.  naval  astronomical  expe- 
dition to  the  Southern  hemisphere  during  the  years 
1849-50-51-52,  Lieut.  J.  M.  Gilliss,  superintendent. 
Chile:  its  geography,  climate,  [etc.].  By  Lieut.  J.  M. 
Gilliss.  Washington,  A.  O.  P.  Nicholson,  1855.  2  vols, 
illus.  and  maps.  30*^" 

GIRAUD,  JACOB  P.,  JR.  The  birds  of  Long  Island. 
By  J.  P.  Giraud,  Jr.  New  York,  Wiley  &  Putnam, 
1844.  xxi,  397  pp.,  col.  pi.  23^^- 

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GIRAUD,  JACOB  P.,  JR.  A  description  of  i6  new 
species  of  N.A.  birds,  described  in  the  annals  of  the 
New  York  Lyceum  of  Nat.  Hist.  By  Jacob  P.  Giraud, 
Jr.,  collected  in  Texas,  1838.  New  York,  Geo.  F. 
Nesbitt,  1841.  col.  pi.  with  des.  text.  45'' 


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GMELIN,  JO.  FRID.  Caroli  a  Linn6  equitis  aurati 
de  Stella  polari,  .  .  .  Systema  Natufae  per  regna  tria 
naturae,  secundum  Classes,  Ordines,  Genera,  Species 
cum  characteribus,  diflerentiis,  synonymis,  locis. 
Editio  decima  tertia,  aucta,  reformata.  Cura  Jo. 
End.  Gmelin,  Lepsiae,  Georg.  Emanuel.    Beer,  1788. 

7  vols.    22^*™-    Vol.  I,  7  ptS.    vol.  II,  2  ptS.  vol.  Ill,  I  pt. 

GODMAN,  FREDERICK  DU  CANE.  A  mono- 
graph of  the  Petrels  (order  Tubinares).  By  Frederick 
du  Cane  Godman.  .  .  .  With  hand-colored  plates, 
by  J.  G.  Keulemans.  Witherby  &  Co.,  London,  1907- 
1910.  2  vols.  (2  parts),  381  pp.  103  col.  pi.  34"°  Paged 
continuously. 

GODMAN,  FREDERICK  DU  CANE.  Natural 
history  of  the  Azores,  or,  Western  Islands.  By  Fred- 
erick du  Cane  Godman.  London,  John  van  Voorst, 
1870.  V,  358  pp.  front,  map.  23'' 


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GODMAN,  JOHN  D.  American  natural  history. 
By  John  D.  Godman.  Second  edition.  Philadelphia, 
Key  &  Michkie,  1831.  3  vols.  22§"°- 

GODMAN,  JOHN  D.  Rambles  of  a  naturalist.  By 
John  D.  Godman,  M.D.,  to  which  are  added  reminis- 
cences of  a  voyage  to  India,  by  Reynell  Coates,  M.D. 
Philadelphia,  Thomas  T.  Ash,  Key  and  Biddle,  1833. 
151  pp.   18' 


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GOLDI,  EMIL  august.  Against  the  destruction 
of  White  Herons  and  Red  Ibises  on  the  lower  Amazon, 

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especially  on  the  island  of  Maraj6.  Two  memorials 
presented  in  1895  and  1896  to  His  Excellency  the 
governor  of  the  state  of  Pari  and  the  Legislature.  By 
Prof.  Dr.  Emil  A.  Goldi  .  .  .  Second  ed.  Tr.  from 
the  Portuguese  into  English  by  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Clifford. 
Park,  Brazil,  1904.  Second  edition.  20  pp.  23 


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GOLDSMITH,  OLIVER.  A  history  of  the  earth 
and  animated  nature.  By  Oliver  Goldsmith,  with 
numerous  notes  from  the  works  of  the  most  distin- 
guished British  and  foreign  naturalists.  Blackie  &  Son 
.  .  .  London,  1855.  2  vols,  front,  ports.,  illus.  and 
pi.    24|^°'-   2  t.-p.,  I  col. 

GOODE,  GEORGE  BROWN.  Bibliography  of  the 
published  writings  of  Philip  Lutley  Sclater,  F.R.S., 
Secretary  of  the  Zoological  Society  of  London.  Pre- 
pared under  the  direction  of  G.  Brown  Goode.  Wash- 
ington, Government  Printing  Office,  1896.  xix,  135  pp. 
front,  port.    23 


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GOSS,  N.  S.  History  of  the  birds  of  Kansas.  By 
N.  S.  Goss.  Illustrating  529  birds.  Topeka,  Kansas, 
Geo.  W.  Crane  &  Co.,  1891.  692  pp.  35  pi.  26*='°- 

GOSS,  N.  S.  A  revised  catalogue  of  the  birds  of 
Kansas,  with  descriptive  notes  of  the  nests  and  eggs  of 
the  birds  known  to  breed  in  the  state.  By  N.  S.  Goss 
.  .  .  Topeka,  Kansas,  publishing  house  of  T.  D. 
Thacher,  State  Printer,  1886.  iv,  76  pp.  24*^™- 

GOSSE.  PHILIP  HENRY.  The  birds  of  Jamaica. 
By  Philip  Henry  Gosse ;  assisted  by  Richard  Hill,  Esq., 
of  Spanish-town.  London,  J.  van  Voorst,  1847.  x, 
447,  [I]  pp.  I9r'"- 

Plates  were  issued  in  4",  1849,  with  title:  Illustrations 
of  the  birds  of  Jamaica. 

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GOSSE,  PHILIP  HENRY.  The  Canadian  natur- 
alist. A  series  of  conversations  on  the  natural  history 
of  lower  Canada.  By  P.  H.  Gosse.  Illus.  by  forty-four 
engravings.  London,  John  van  Voorst,  1840.  xii, 
372  pp.   44  engravings.  20'^"* 

GOSSE,  PHILIP  HENRY.  Evenings  at  the  micro- 
scope; or,  Researches  among  the  minuter  organs  and 
forms  of  animal  life.  By  Philip  Henry  Gosse.  New 
York,  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  1896.  xii,  480  pp.,  illus.  20*™' 

GOSSE,  PHILIP  HENRY.  Letters  from  Alabama 
(U.S.),  chiefly  relating  to  natural  history.  By  Philip 
Henry  Gosse.  London,  Morgan  &  Chase,  1859.  xii, 
306  pp.  illus.  in  text.   i8'^- 

GOSSE,  PHILIP  HENRY.  A  naturalist's  rambles 
on  the  Devonshire  coast.  By  Philip  Henry  Gosse. 
London,  John  van  Voorst,  1853.  xvi,  451  pp.  front. 
28  pi.  (some  col.).  20*^* 

GOSSE,  PHILIP  HENRY.  A  naturalist's  sojourn 
in  Jamaica.  By  Philip  Henry  Gosse,  assisted  by 
Richard  Hill.  London,  Longman,  Brown,  Green  & 
Longman,  1851.    xxiv,  508  pp.  front.,  6  col.  pi.    20*^™* 

GOULD,  AUGUSTUS  A.  Report  of  the  inverte- 
brata  of  Massachusetts  comprising  the  Mollusca,  Crus- 
tacea, Annelida  and  Radiata,  published  agreeably  to 
an  order  of  the  legislature  by  the  commissioners  on  the 
zoological  and  botanical  survey  of  the  state.  Cam- 
bridge, 1 841.  xiii,  373  pp.  213  fig.  on  15  pi.  23^'°- 

GOULD,  JOHN.  The  birds  of  Asia.  By  John  Gould 
.  .  .  London.  Printed  by  Taylor  and  Francis,  pub. 
by  the  author,  1850-83.    7  vols.  530  col.  pi.    56|"°- 

Completed  after  the  author's  death  by  R.  Bowdler 
Sharpe.  Each  plate  accompanied  by  leaf  with  descriptive 
letterpress. 

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GOULD,  JOHN.  The  birds  of  Europe.  By  John 
Gould  .  .  .  London.  Printed  by  R.  and  J.  E.  Taylor, 
pub.  by  the  author,  1837.  5  vols.  449  col.  pi.  56"°- 

Issued  in  parts,  1832-37.  Plates  drawn  froni  life  and 
on  stone  by  J.  and  E.  Gould  and  E.  Lear.  Each  plate 
accompanied  by  leaf  with  descriptive  letterpress. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  The  birds  of  Great  Britain.  By 
John  Gould,  F.R.S.,  etc.  .  .  .  London.  Printed  by 
Taylor  and  Francis,  pub.  by  the  author,  1873.  5  vols., 
col.  pi.  56|*''°-  376  pi.  (colored  by  hand),  with  introduc- 
tion and  accompanying  letterpress;  issued  in  25  parts, 
1862-73. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  The  birds  of  New  Guinea  and  the 
adjacent  Papuan  Islands,  including  many  new  species 
recently  discovered  in  Australia.  By  John  Gould. 
Completed  after  the  author's  death  by  R.  Bowdler 
Sharpe.  London,  Henry  Sotheran  &  Co.,  1875-88. 
5  vols.,  col.  pi.  sei'^""- 

GOULD,  JOHN.  A  century  of  birds  from  the  Him- 
alaya Mountains.  By  John  Gould.  London,  1832.  56*^"' 

Two  copies,  each  80  col.  pi.  i  without  text  and  mss. 
list  of  pi.  2  pi.  with  descriptive  text.  PI.  drawn  from 
nature  by  E.  Gould.  This  is  the  first  of  Gould's  great 
folio  of  birds  and  is  the  scarcest  of  them. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  An  introduction  to  the  birds  of 
Australia.  By  John  Gould.  London.  Printed  for  the 
author  by  Richard  and  John  E.  Taylor  .  .  .  1848.  viii, 
134  pp.  22|'=°*- 

GOULD,  JOHN.  Handbook  to  the  birds  of  Aus- 
tralia. By  John  Gould.  In  two  volumes.  London. 
Published  by  the  author  .  .  .  1865.  2  vols.  25^"°* 

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GOULD,  JOHN.  An  introduction  to  the  birds  of 
Great  Britain.  By  John  Gould.  London.  Printed  for 
the  author  by  Taylor  and  Francis  .  .  .  1873.  iv, 
135  pp.  22*="- 

GOULD,  JOHN.  An  introduction  to  the  Trochilidae 
or  family  of  Hummingbirds.  By  John  Gould.  London. 
Printed  for  the  author  by  Taylor  and  Francis,  Red 
Lion  Court,  Fleet  Street,  1861.  iv,  216  pp.  23*^ 


,cm. 


GOULD,  JOHN.  A  monograph  of  the  Odonto- 
phorinae,  or  Partridges  of  America.  By  John  Gould 
.  .  .  London.  Published  by  the  author,  1850.  4  pp., 
I.,  [ii]-23  pp.   33  I.   32  col.  pi.   56§"°' 

A  few  of  the  leaves  are  printed  on  both  sides. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  Monograph  of  the  Pittidse.  By 
John  Gould  .  .  .  Part  i  .  .  .  London.  Pub.  by  the 
author,  1880.  Cover-title,  10,  i.,  10  col.  pi.  57*^- 

No  more  published.  "The  illustrations  are  principally 
taken  from  the  author's  works  on  the  'Birds  of  Asia,' 
'Australia,'  and  *New  Guinea.'"  Each  plate  accompanied 
by  leaf  with  descriptive  letterpress. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  A  monograph  of  the  Ramphas- 
tidae,  or  family  of  Toucans.  By  John  Gould  .  .  .  Lon- 
don. Published  by  the  author,  1854.  3  PP-  !•»  [9]~26  pp. 
54  I.   52  pi.   (51  col.).   56|""- 

A  few  of  the  leaves  are  printed  on  both  sides. 

GOULD,  JOHN.  A  monograph  of  the  Trochilidae, 
or  family  of  Hummingbirds.  By  John  Gould  .  .  . 
London,  The  author,  1861.  5  vols.  360  col.  pi.  56'^' 
Plates  with  preface,  introduction,  and  accompanying 
letterpress.  Originally  issued  in  25  parts,  1849-61. 
Supplement.  Completed  after  the  author's  death  by 
R.  Bowdler  Sharpe  .  .  .  London,  Henry  Sotheran  & 
Co.,  1887.   I  vol.,  col.  pi.  and  descriptive  text.  56*""- 

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GOULD,  JOHN.  A  monograph  of  the  Trogonida, 
or  family  of  Trogons.  By  John  Gould.  Second  ed. 
London.  Printed  by  Taylor  and  Francis  .  .  .  pub- 
lished by  the  author  .  .  .  1875.  xx  pp.  46  pi.  with 
descriptive  text.  56§' 


:lcm. 


GOULD,  JOHN.  A  synopsis  of  the  birds  of  Aus- 
tralia, and  the  adjacent  islands.  By  John  Gould  .  .  . 
London.  Published  by  the  author,  1837-38.  4  vols. 
(4  parts),  col.  pi.  30*^ 


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GRAHAME,  JAMES.  The  birds  of  Scotland,  with 
other  poems.  By  James  Grahame.  Philadelphia. 
Pub.  by  S.  F.  Bradford,  1807.   103  pp.   19*"™- 

GRANT,  JOHN  B.  Our  common  birds  and  how  to 
know  them.  By  John  B.  Grant;  with  sixty-four  plates. 
New  York,  C.  Scribner's  Sons,  1891.  216  pp.,  incl.  pi. 
14x20*^- 

GRANT,  W.  R.  OGILVIE.  Bird  notes.  —  Second 
list  of  the  birds  collected  by  Mr.  C.  M.  Woodford  in 
the  Solomon  Archipel^o  [London,  March  6,  1887]. 
On  the  genus  Platalea,  with  a  description  of  a  new 
species  from  New  Guinea.  From  the  "Ibis,"  Jan., 
1889.  —  On  the  genus  Turnix.  ["  Ibis  "  for  Oct.,  1889]. 

—  Notes  on  Turnix  beccarii,  Salvadori  (July,  1890). 

—  Notes  on  some  birds  obtained  at  Madeira,  Deserta 
Grange,  and  Porto  Santo  (Oct.,  1890).  —  On  some 
new  Francolins  and  a  new  Hornbill  discovered  by  Mr. 
F.  J.  Jackson  in  East  Africa  (Jan.,  1891). —  ...  A" 
short  review  of  the  Francolins  belonging  to  the  gen- 
era Francolinus  and  Pternistes  (Jan.,  1892).  —  On 
the  Gallinaceous  genera  Bambusicola  and  Arboricola 
(July,  1892).  —  Notes  on  Pigeons  collected  by  Mr.  A. 
H.  Everett  in  Mantanani  and  Banguey,  off  the  North- 
west coast  of  Borneo  (Oct.,  1888),  etc.  v.  p.,  illus., 
col.pl.  23^°- 

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GRANT,  W.  R.  OGILVE.  A  hand-book  to  the 
game  birds.  By  W.  R.  Ogilve  Grant.  London,  Edward 
Lloyd,  limited,  1896-97.  2  vols.,  col.  front.,  illus.  42 
col.  pi.   18*=°*' 

GRAVES,  GEORGE.  British  ornithology:  being 
the  history  with  a  coloured  representation  of  every 
known  species  of  British  birds.  By  George  Graves. 
London.  Printed  for  the  author.  Sherwood,  Neeley  & 
Jones,  1811-13.  2  vols.,  col.  pi.  221*""- 
First  edition  (scarce). 

GRAVES,  GEORGE.  British  ornithology:  being 
the  history  with  a  coloured  representation  of  every 
known  species  of  British  birds.  By  George  Graves, 
assisted  by  several  eminent  ornithologists.  London 
.  .  .  Sherwood,  Neeley  and  Jones,  1811-21.  3  vols., 
col.  pi.   25*='°' 

GRAVES,  GEORGE.  The  naturalist's  pocket- 
book,  or,  tourist's  companion :  being  a  brief  introduc- 
tion to  the  different  branches  of  natural  history,  with 
approved  methods  for  collecting  and  preserving  the 
various  productions  of  nature.  By  George  Graves  .  .  . 
London.  Printed  by  W.  and  S.  Graves.  .  .  .  iii,  335. 
front,  (col.).  22*="- 

GRAVES,  GEORGE.  Ovarium  britannicum;  being 
a  correct  delineation  of  the  eggs  of  such  birds  as  are 
.natives  of,  or  domesticated  in.  Great  Britain.  By 
George  Graves.  London.  Printed  for  the  author,  and 
sold  by  Sherwood,  Neeley  &  Jones  [etc.],  1816.  vi  pp., 
col.  front.,  14  col.  pi.  23*"°* 

GRAY,  GEORGE  ROBERT.  Catalogue  of  British 
birds  in  the  collection  of  the  British  Museum.  By 
George  Robert  Gray.  London.  Printed  by  order  of  the 
trustees,  1863.  xii,  247  pp.  23^"- 

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GRAY,  GEORGE  ROBERT.  Fasciculus  of  the 
birds  of  China.  By  G.  R.  Gray,  1871.  (With  12  hand- 
coloured  plates  by  Wm.  Swainson.)   8  pp.   12  col.  pi. 

GRAY,  GEORGE  ROBERT.  The  genera  of  birds: 
comprising  their  generic  characters,  a  notice  of  the 
habits  of  the  genus,  and  an  extensive  list  of  species 
referred  to  their  several  genera.  By  George  Robert 
Gray  .  .  .  Illustrated  by  David  William  Mitchell  .  .  . 
1844-49.  London,  Longman,  Brown,  Green,  and  Long- 
man, 1849.  3  vols.,  334  pi.  (partly  fold.,  185  col.), 
incl.  front.  38§"°- 

Originally  issued  in  parts,  1844-49. 

GRAY,  GEORGE  ROBERT.  Hand-list  of  genera 
and  species  of  birds,  distinguishing  those  contained  in 
the  British  Museum.  By  G.  R.  Gray.  London,  1869- 
187 1.  3  vols.,  3  parts.  22^°°* 

GRAY,  GEORGE  ROBERT.  A  List  of  the  genera 
of  birds,  with  their  synonyma  and  an  indication  of  the 
typical  species  of  each  genus.  By  George  Robert  Gray. 
Second  edition  .  .  .  London  .  .  .  Richard  &  John  E. 
Taylor,  1841.  xii,  115  pp.  23|"°- 

GRAY,  ROBERT.  The  birds  of  the  west  of  Scot- 
land, including  the  outer  Hebrides,  with  occasional 
records  of  the  occurrence  of  the  rarer  species  through- 
out Scotland  generally.  By  Robert  Gray.  Glasgow, 
Thomas  Murray  &  Son,  1871.  x,  520  pp.  front.,  illus. 
23"°- 

GREELY,  ADOLPHUS  W.  International  polar 
expedition.  Report  on  the  proceedings  of  the  United 
States  expedition  to  Lady  Franklin  Bay.  Grinnell 
Land.    By  Adolphus  W.  Greely,  .  .  .  Washington, 

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Government  Printing  Office,  1888.  2  vols,  illus.,  pi., 
maps,  charts,  so*^"*" 

GREELY,  ADOLPHUS  W.  Three  years  of  Arctic 
service;  an  account  of  the  Lady  Franklin  Bay  expedi- 
tion of  1881-84  and  the  attainment  of  the  farthest 
north.  By  Adolphus  W.  Greely.  With  over  100  illus. 
made  from  photographs  taken  by  the  party,  and  origi- 
nal drawings,  and  with  the  official  maps  and  charts. 
New  York,  Charles  Scribner's  Sons,  1886.  2  vols, 
front.,  illus.,  maps.  24*^°*' 

GREENE,  WILLIAM  THOMAS.  Birds  I  have 
kept  in  years  gone  by,  with  original  anecdotes  and  full 
directions  for  keeping  them  successfully.  By  W.  T. 
Greene.  London,  L.  Upcott  Gill,  1885.  viii,  198  pp., 
col.  front,   ig*^- 

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HARTING,  JAMES  EDMUND.  The  birds  of 
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HARTING,  JAMES  EDMUND.  A  hand-book  of 
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HARTING,  JAMES  EDMUND.  Our  summer 
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List  of  mammals  and  birds.  By  J.  A.  Allen,  with  field 
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HARVIE-BROWN,  JOHN  ALEXANDER.  The 
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HARVIE-BROWN,  JOHN  ALEXANDER.  Trav- 
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HAYES,  WILLIAM.  Portraits  of  rare  and  curious 
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HAYES,  WILLIAM.  Portraits  of  rare  and  curious 
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HERRICK,  FRANCIS  HOBART.  The  home  life 
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HIRST,  HENRY  B.  The  book  of  cage  birds.  By 
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HORSBRUGH,  BOYD.  Game  birds  and  water 
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HOWE,  REGINALD  HEBER,  JR.  The  birds  of 
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HOWE,  REGINALD  HEBER,  JR.  The  birds  of 
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HOWE,  REGINALD  HEBER,  JR.  "  Every  bird  " ; 
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HUDSON,  W.  H.  Birds  in  a  village.  By  W.  H. 
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HUDSON,  W.H.  British  birds.  By  W.  H.  Hudson. 
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HUDSON,  W.  H.  The  naturalist  in  La  Plata.  By 
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HUME,  ALLAN  OCTAVIAN.  Stray  feathers;  a 
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HUME,  ALLAN  OCTAVIAN.  The  game  birds  of 
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HUNTINGTON,  DWIGHT  WILLIAMS.  Our 
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IBIS,  (THE),  a  magazine  of  general  ornithology. 
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INGERSOLL,  ERNEST.  Birds'-nesting :  a  hand- 
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IRBY,  L.  HOWARD.  The  ornithology  of  the 
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IRBY,  L.  HOWARD.  The  ornithology  of  the 
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JACOBS,  J.  WARREN.  Gleanings  from  nature. 
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and  exhibited  by  J.  Warren  Jacobs,  Waynesburg, 
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JAMESON,  ROBERT.  American  ornithology;  or 
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JASPER,  THEODORE.  Ornithology;  or,  The 
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JERDON,  T.  C.  Illustrations  of  Indian  ornithology, 
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JOB,  HERBERT  KEIGHTLEY.  Among  the 
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JOB,  HERBERT  KEIGHTLEY.  The  sport  of  bird- 
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JOB,  HERBERT  KEIGHTLEY.  Wild  wings; 
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birds  of  North  America  on  sea  and  land.  By  Herbert 
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Theodore  Roosevelt;  with  one  hundred  and  sixty  illus- 
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JOHNS,  C.  A.  British  birds  in  their  haunts.  By 
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JONES,  HOWARD.  Illustrations  of  the  nests  and 
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JONES,  THOMAS  RYMER.  Cassell's  book  of 
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JONES,  THOMAS  RYMER.  The  natural  history 
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KEARTON,  RICHARD.  Birds'  nests,  eggs  and 
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KEARTON,  RICHARD.  British  birds'  nests;  how, 
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KEELER,  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS.  Bird  notes 
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KEELER,  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS.  Evolution  of 
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KEELY,  ROBERT  N.  In  Arctic  seas.  The  voyage 
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KEYES,  CHARLES  R.  Preliminary  annotated 
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KEYSER,  LEANDER  SYLVESTER.  Birds  of  the 
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KING,  F.  H.  Economic  relations  of  Wisconsin 
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KINGSLEY,  JOHN  STERLING.  The  standard 
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KIRBY,  MARY.  Beautiful  birds  in  far-off  lands: 
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KLOSS,  C.  BODEN.  In  the  Andamans  and  Nico- 
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KNIGHT,  ORA  WILLIS.  The  birds  of  Maine; 
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McGregor,  RICHARD  C.  a  hand-Ust  of  the 
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McILWRAITH,  THOMAS.  The  birds  of  Ontario; 
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MARRINER,  GEORGE  R.  The  Kea:  a  New  Zea- 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Bahama 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  The  birds  of 
Eastern  North  America:  with  original  descriptions  of 
all  the  species  which  occur  east  of  the  Mississippi  River 
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Complete  in  16  parts,  with  32  plates.  In  some  issues  the 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  The  birds  of 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  The  birds  of 
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two  hundred  and  fifty  species,  with  notes  upon  their 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  A  catalogue 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Contribu- 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Directory  to 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Eggs  of 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Handbook 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Manual  of 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  The  natu- 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Nature 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  Records  of 
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MAYNARD,  CHARLES  JOHNSON.  The  War- 
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E^ch  plate  accompanied  by  guard  sheet  with  description. 
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MEARN,  EDGAR  A.  Descriptions  of  a  new 
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MEINERTZHAGEN,  DAN.  Bird  life  in  an  Arctic 
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MERRIAM,  CLINTON  HART.  Report  of  the 
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MERRIAM,  CLINTON  HART.  A  review  of  the 
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C.HartMerriam.  June,  1877.  xii,242pp.  2  col.  pi.  24"°' 

MERRIAM,  CLINTON  HART.  The  summer 
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MERSHON,  W.  B.  The  Passenger  Pigeon.  By  W. 
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MERZBACHER,  GOTTFRIED.  The  central 
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MEYER,  H.  L.  Coloured  illustrations  of  British 
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MEYER,  H.  L.  Illustrations  of  British  birds.  By 
H.  L.  Meyer.  London,  Longman  &  Co.  4  vols.,  coL 
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Vol.  I,  Land  birds,  77  pi.  (col.). 
Vol.  II,  Land  birds,  76  pi.  (col.). 
Vol.  Ill,  Water  birds,  82  pi.  (col.). 
Vol.  IV,  Water  birds,  81  pi.  (col.). 

MICHAUX,  FRANf  CIS  ANDRfi.  Travels  to  the 
westward  of  the  Allegany  Mountains  in  the  states  of 
the  Ohio,  Kentucky,  and  Tennessee,  in  the  year  1802. 
Containing  account  relative  to  the  present  state  of 
agriculture,  and  the  natural  products  of  those  districts; 
together  with  particulars  of  the  commercial  relations 
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eastward  of  the  mountains,  and  of  Lower  Louisiana. 
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Contains  interesting  accounts  of  the  Wild   Turkeys 
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MICHELET,  JULES.  The  bird.  By  Jules  Miche- 
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MICHENER,  E.  Insectivorous  birds  of  Chester 
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M.D.  Avondale,  Pa.  pp.  2.87-307.  22"™- 

MICHIGAN  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE. 
Thirty-second  annual  report  of  the  secretary  of  the 
state  board  of  agriculture  of  the  state  of  Michigan 
from  July  i,  1892,  to  June  30,  1893.  By  authority. 
Lansing,  R.  Smith  &  Co.  .  .  .  1894.  516  pp.  illus.  in 
text.  24^"- 

MICHIGAN  ORNITHOLOGICAL  CLUB.  Bul- 
letin, vols.  1-6,  Jan.,  1897-June,  1905.  Grand  Rapids 
and  Detroit,  Mich.,  1897-1905. 

No   more   published.   Vols.   1-3  were  published  at 
Grand  Rapids:  vols.  4-6,  at  Detroit. 

MIDDENDORFF,  A.  T.  Einleitung,  Klimatologie, 
Geognosie,  Botanik  .  .  .  Theil  i.  St.  Petersburg, 
1848.  (Reise  in  den  Aussersten  norden  und  osten 
Sibiriens,  Band  i.)  256  pp.,  26  pi.,  some  col.  31"°* 

MILLAIS,  JOHN  GUILLE.  British  Diving  Ducks. 
By  J.  G.  Millais;  vol.  i,  with  thirty- two  plates 
(twenty- two  of  which  are  coloured),  by  Archibald 
Thorburn,  O.  Murray  Dixon,  H.  Gronvold,  and  the 
author.  Longmans,  Green  &  Co.,  New  York,  Bombay, 
and  Calcutta,  1913.  vii,  141  pp.  col.  front.,  42'^* 
This  copy  is  no.  18. 

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MILLAIS,JOHNGUILLE.  Game  birds  and  shoot- 
ing-sketches ;  illustrating  the  habits,  modes  of  capture, 
stages  of  plumage,  and  the  hybrids  and  varieties  which 
occur  amongst  them.  By  John  Guille  Millais.  London, 
Henry  Sotheran  &  Co.,  1892.  xii,  72  pp.,  pi.  (some 
col.)  and  illus.  40x32'"°- 

MILLAIS,  JOHN  GUILLE.  The  natural  history  of 
British  game  birds.  By  J.  G.  Millais.  With  18  col.  pi., 
17  photogravures,  and  2  other  illus.,  by  Archibald 
Thorburn  and  J.  G.  Millais.  Longmans,  Green  &  Co., 
New  York,  Bombay,  and  Caltutta,  1909.  xi,  142  pp. 
col.  front.,  col.  pi.  42*^"- 

Title-page  in  red  and  black.  Only  550  copies  of  this  book 

have  been  printed.  This  copy  is  No.  87. 

MILLAIS,  JOHN  GUILLE.  Tfie  natural  history 
of  the  British  surface-feeding  ducks.  By  J.  G.  Millais; 
with  6  photogravures,  41  col.  pi.  and  25  other  illus. 
Longmans,  Green  &  Co.,  London,  New  York,  and 
Bombay,  1902.  xiv,  107  pp.  front,  col.,  col.  pi.  and 
illus.  25'='°- 

Only  600  copies  of  this  edition  have  been  printed.  This 
copy  is  no.  100. 

MILLAIS,  JOHN  GUILLE.  The  wildfowler  in 
Scotland.  By  John  Guille  Millais  .  .  .  Longmans, 
Green  &  Co.,  London,  New  York,  and  Bombay,  1901. 
XV,  167  pp.  front.,  8  photogravures,  pL,  2  col.  50 
illus.  from  author's  drawing  and  from  photographs. 

First  edition. 

MILLER,  CHARLES  W,  An  experiment  in  coloni- 
zation of  the  House  Martin.  By  Charles  W.  Miller. 
Shawnee-on-Delaware,  Pa.,  Jan.,  1909.  12  pp.  2  pi. 
23"^-  (Bulletin  no.  i.  The  Worthington  Society  for 
the  study  of  bird  life.) 

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MILLER,  OLIVE  THORNE.  The  second  book  of 
birds.  Bird  families.  By  Olive  Thorne  Miller.  With  8 
cx)l.  pi.  from  designs,  by  Louis  Agassiz  Fuertes,  and  i6 
other  full-page  illus.  Boston  and  New  York,  Houghton, 
Mifflin  &  Co.,  The  Riverside  Press,  Cambridge,  1903. 
viii,  209  pp.  front,   (col.),  pi.  (col.),  illus.  20*^'"' 

MILNE,  JOHN.  Relics  of  the  Great  Auk  on  Funk 
Island.  By  John  Milne.  [Reprinted  from  "The  Field" 
of  March  27  and  April  3  and  10,  1875.]  16  pp.  front. 

2icm. 

MINOT,  HENRY  DAVIS.  The  land-birds  and 
game-birds  of  New  England;  with  descriptions  of  the 
birds,  their  nests  and  eggs,  their  habits  and  notes  .  .  . 
By  H.  D.  MinoJ;  .  .  .  Salem,  Mass.,  Naturalists' 
Agency;  Boston,  Estes  &  Lauriat,  1877.  ^vi,  456  pp. 
front.,  illus.  23|*=°'- 

First  edition. 

MINOT,  HENRY  DAVIS.  The  land-birds  and 
game-birds  of  New  England,  with  descriptions  of  the 
birds,  their  nests  and  eggs,  their  habits  and  notes  .  .  . 
illustrations.  By  H.  D.  Minot.  Second  edition,  ed. 
by  William  Brewster  .  .  .  Boston  and  New  York, 
Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Company,  1895.  xxiv  pp.,  11., 
492  pp.   front,  port.,  illus.  22|'^- 

MIVART,  ST.  GEORGE.  A  monograph  of  the 
Lories,  or  Brush-tongued  Parrots,  composing  the 
family  Lariidae.  By  St.  George  Mivart;  .  .  .  London, 
R.  H.  Porter,  7  Princes  Street,  Cavendish  Square,  W., 
1896.  liii,  [193]  pp.  61  col.  pi.,  3  maps.  34*='°- 

MONTAGU,  GEORGE.  A  dictionary  of  British 
birds.  Reprinted  from  Montagu's  ornithological 
dictionary,  and  incorporating  the  additional  species 

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described  by  Selby;  Yarrell,  in  all  three  editions,  and 
in  natural-history  journals.  Comp.  and  ed.  by  Edward 
Newman  .  .  .  London,  J.  van  Voorst,  1866.  xxiv, 
399,  [I.]  pp.  22^""- 

MONTAGU,  GEORGE.  Ornithological  dictionary 
of  British  birds.  By  Colonel  G.  Montagu,  F.L.S.  2d 
ed.  With  a  plan  of  study,  and  many  new  articles  and 
original  observations.  By  James  Rennie  .  .  .  London, 
Hurst,  Chance  &  Co.,  1831.  I  p.,  I.,  Ix  pp.,  il.,  592  pp. 
illus.  2i|*=°'- 

Marquis  of  Lome  copy. 

MORRIS,  BEVERLEY  R.  British  game  birds  and 
water  fowl.  By  Beverley  R.  Morris  .  .  .  illustrated 
with  sixty  colored  plates.  London,  Groombridge  & 
Sons,  1855.  iv,  252  pp.  col.  front.,  60  col.  pi.  3i"°' 

MORRIS,  BEVERLEY  R.  British  game  birds  and 
wild  fowl.  By  Beverley  R.  Morris.  Fourth  edition, 
revised  and  corrected,  W.  B.  Tegetmeier.  With  60 
large  pi.,  coloured  by  hand.  In  two  vols.  London, 
John  C.  Nimmo,  1895.  2  vols.  60  col.  pi.  28*^ 


3  cm. 


MORRIS,  FRANCIS  ORPEN.  A  history  of  Brit- 
ish birds.  By  the  Rev.  F.  O.  Morris  .  ..  .  London, 
Groombridge  &  Sons,  n.  d.  8  vols,  front,  (col.),  col. 
pi.   19^"' 

MORRIS,  FRANCIS  ORPEN.  A  history  of  Brit- 
ish birds.  By  the  Rev.  F.  O.  Morris  .  .  .  London, 
Geo.  Bell  &  Sons,  1870.  6  vols.,  col.  front.,  352  col.  pi. 
26^'"- 

First  published  in  1851^57.   Second  edition. 

MORRIS,  FRANCIS  ORPEN.  A  natural  history 
of  the  nests  and  eggs  of  British  birds.   By  the  Rev. 

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F.  O.  Morris,  R.A.  London,  George  Bell  &  Sons,  1875. 
3  vols,  front.,  332  pi.  26|"°- 
Second  edition. 

MORRIS,  ROBERT  O.  The  birds  of  Springfield 
and  vicinity.  By  Robert  O.  Morris.  Springfield,  Mass. 
Published  by  Henry  R.  Johnson,  1901.  54  pp.  front, 
(map).  22*='°- 

MORSE,  ALBERT  PITTS.  Annotated  list  of  birds 
of  Wellesley  and  vicinity;  comprising  the  land-birds 
and  most  of  the  inland  water-fowl  of  eastern  Massa- 
chusetts. ByAlbert  Pitts  Morse  .  .  .  Wellesley,  Mass. 
Pub.  by  the  author,  1897.  56  pp.  front.   iSl*""- 

MOSELEY,  H.  N.  Notes  by  a  naturalist  on  the 
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round  the  world,  in  the  years  1872-76,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Sir  G.  S.  Nares  .  .  .  and  Capt.  F.  T.  Thomp- 
son. By  H.  N.  Moseley.  With  a  map,  2  col.  pi.  and 
numerous  woodcuts.  London,  1879.  xvi,  606  pp. 
map,  2  col.  pi.  and  woodcuts,  front.  23"°' 

MOSLEY,  S.  L.  A  history  of  British  birds,  their 
nests  and  eggs,  with  hand-coloured  figures  of  every 
species  and  variety.  By  S.  L.  Mosley,  with  text 
revised  by  a  Fellow  of  the  Zoological  Society.  Hud- 
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MUDIE,  ROBERT.  The  feathered  tribes  of  the 
British  Islands.  By  Robert  Mudie  .  .  .  2d  ed.  Lon- 
don, Whittaker  &  Co.,  1835.  2  vols.  col.  front.,  illus., 
col.  plates.   I9|''°- 

Engr.  title-page,  with  vignette  in  colors. 

MUDIE,  ROBERT.  The  feathered  tribes  of  the 
British  Islands.    By  Robert  Mudie.    Fourth  edition, 

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revised  by  W.  C.  L.  Martin.  Illus.  with  28  pi.  con- 
taining 52  figs,  of  birds,  and  7  pi.  of  eggs.  In  2  vols. 
London,  Henry  G.  Bohn,  1854.  2  vols.,  front.,  illus. 
and  pi.   ig'"^' 

Two  title-pages,  the  first  with  vignette. 

MULSANT,  E.  Histoire  naturelle  des  Giseaux- 
mouches  ou  Colibris,  constituant  la  famille  des  Tro- 
chilides.  Par  E.  Mulsant  et  feu  Eduard  Veneaux, 
Lyon.  Geneve-Bale,  H.  Georg,  1874-77.  4  vols,  and 
supplement,  col.  pi.  in  each  vol.  57  col.  pi.  in  sup.  (no 
text).    34'='°- 

NANSEN,  DR.  FRITDJOF.  Farthest  North, 
being  the  record  of  a  voyage  of  exploration  of  the  ship 
"Fram,"  1893-96,  and  of  a  15  months'  sleigh  journey. 
By  Dr.  Nansen  and  Lieut.  Johansen.  New  York, 
Harper  &  Bros.,  1897.  2  vols,  front.,  illus.,  16  col.  pi., 
map.  25"°- 

NARBRGUGH,  SIR  JOHN.  An  account  of  sev- 
eral late  voyages  to  the  South-sea  by  the  command  of 
King  Charles  the  second  ...  11.  Capt.  J.  Tasman's 
discoveries  on  the  coast  of  the  South  Terra  Incognita. 
III.  Capt.  J.  Wood's  attempt  to  discover  a  north  east 
passage  to  China,  iv.  F.  Marten's  Gbservations  made 
in  Greenland,  and  Northern  Countries  .  .  .  London, 
D.  Brown  .  .  .  171 1.  xxiv,  191,  223  pp.  map.  20*"°- 

NASH,  CHARLES  W.  The  birds  of  Ontario  in 
relation  to  agriculture.  By  Charles  W.  Nash,  Toronto. 
Published  by  the  Ontario  Dept.  of  Agr.  Toronto, 
Warwick  Bro's  &  Rutter,  1898.  32  pp.  32  full-page 
illus.  25"°- 

NATURAL  HISTORY  OF  BIRDS;  containing  a 
variety  of  facts  selected  from  several  writers,  and 

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intended  for  the  amusement  and  instruction  of  chil- 
dren. With  copper  plates.  In  six  parts.  London,  J. 
Johnson,  1791.  3  vols.  (6  pts.).  col.  pi.   i8"°- 

NAUMANN.  Iconographie  d'oiseaux  d'Europe  et 
de  leurs  ceufs.  fidition  frangais  de  413  pi.  col.,  destinies 
^.servir  d'atlas  k  I'ornithologie  europ^ene  de  Degland 
et  Gerbe  .  .  .  Par  A.  Bourier.  Paris,  A.  Hermann  & 
Fils,  1910.   3  vols.  col.  pi.   40*^- 

NEHRLING,  HENRY.  Our  nature  birds  of  song 
and  beauty,  being  a  complete  history  of  all  the  song- 
birds, Flycatchers,  Hummingbirds,  Swifts,  Goatsuck- 
ers, Woodpeckers,  Kingfishers,  Trogons,  Cuckoos,  and 
Parrots  of  North  America.  By  Henry  Nehrling  .  .  . 
With  thirty-six  colored  plates  after  water-color  paint- 
ings by  Prof.  Robert  Ridgway  .  .  .  Prof.  A.  Goering 
.  .  .  and  Gustav  Muetzel  .  .  .  Milwaukee,  G.  Brum- 
der,  1 893-.  2  vols.  5  col.  pi.  30^"^- 

NELSON,  EDWARD  W.  Report  upon  the  natural 
history  collections  made  in  Alaska  between  the  years 
1877  and  1881,  by  Edward  W.  Nelson.  Edited  by 
Henry  W.  Henshaw.  Washington,  Government  Print- 
ing Office,  1887.  337  pp.   12  col.  pi.  30*''"' 

NELSON,  EDWARD  W.  A  revision  of  the  North 
American  mainland  species  of  Myiarchus.  By  E.  W. 
Nelson.  (Proceedings  of  the  Biological  Society  of 
Washington,  vol.  xvii,  1904,  pp.  21-50.)  22|*^- 

NELSON,  HARRY  LEVERETT.  Bird-songs  about 
Worcester.  By  Harry  Leverett  Nelson.  Boston, 
Little,  Brown  and  Company,  1889.  2  pp.,  i.,  131  pp. 

jgcm. 

NEW  JERSEY.  State  Museum.  Annual  report  of 
the  New  Jersey  State  Museum  including  a  list  of  the 

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birds  of  New  Jersey,  with  a  description  of  each  and 
illustrations  and  the  law  protecting  birds,  etc.,  1903. 
Camden,  N.  J.,  Chas.  Sinnickson  &  Sons  Co.,  1904. 
133  PP-  front.,  pi.,  some  col.  23^*^- 

NEWTON,  ALFRED.  A  dictionary  of  birds.  By 
Alfred  Newton,  assisted  by  Hans  Gadow,  with  contri- 
butions from  Richard  Lydekker  .  .  .  Charles  S.  Roy 
.  .  .  and  Robert  W.  Shufeldt  .  .  .  London,  A.  and  C. 
Black,  1893-96.  2  pp.,  L.,  xii,  124,  1088  pp.  illus., 
fold.  map.  23*^- 

NEW  YORK.  Commissioners  of  fisheries,  game  and 
forests.  Annual  reports  of  the  commissioners  of  fish- 
eries, game  and  forests  of  the  state  of  New  York,  1895- 
99.  5  vols.  col.  pi.,  illus.  30"^- 

NIDOLOGIST.   Published  monthly,  with  illustra- 
tions.   Vols.  1-4,  1893-97.   Alameda,  Cal.,  1893-97. 
4  vols.,  illus.  25|*^- 
No  more  published. 

NORDENSKIOLD,  A.  E.  The  voyage  of  the  Vega 
round  Asia  and  Europe,  with  a  historical  review  of 
jM^evious  journeys  along  the  North  Coast  of  the  old 
world.  By  A.  E.  Nordenskiold.  Tr.  by  Alex.  Leslie. 
With  5  steel  portraits,  numerous  maps  and  illus.  In 
2  vols.  London,  Macmillan  and  Co.,  1881.  2  vols, 
maps  and  illus.  24*^"* 

NORTH,  A.  J.  Descriptive  catalogue  of  the  nest 
and  eggs  of  birds  found  breeding,  in  Australia  and 
Tasmania.  By  A.  J.  North.  Printed  by  order  of  the 
Trustees  of  the  Australian  Museum,  Dr.  E.  P.  Ram- 
say, Curator.  Sidney,  F.  W.  White  .  .  .  1889.  vii, 
416  pp.  21  pi.  24^'^- 

NORTH  AMERICAN  FAUNA,  Oct.,  1889,  to  date. 
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NORTON,  ARTHUR  H.  Birds  of  the  Bowdoin 
College  expedition  to  Labrador  in  189 1.  By  Arthur  H. 
Norton.  (From  the  Proceedings  of  the  Portland  Soci- 
ety of  Natural  History,  vol.  11,  art.  viii,  pp.  139-158.) 
Portland,  Me.,  May  20,  1901.  235*"°- 

NORTON,  CHARLES  ELIOT.  The  poet  Gray  as 
a  naturalist,  with  selections  from  his  notes  on  the 
Systema  naturae  of  Linnaeus,  and  facsimiles  of  some 
of  his  drawings.  By  Charles  Eliot  Norton.  Boston, 
Charles  E.  Goodspeed,  1903.  67  pp.  illus.  on  separate 
sheets.  22§*''°- 

Limited  edition  of  500  copies  of  this  book  was  printed  on 
hand-made  paper  by  D.  B.  Updike.  —  Boston,  Nov.,  1903. 
This  is  copy  no.  55. 

NOURSE,  J.  E.  American  explorations  in  the  ice 
zones  .  .  .  With  a  brief  notice  of  the  Antarctic  cruise 
under  Lieut.  Wilkes,  1840,  and  of  the  locations  and 
objects  of  the  U.S.  signal  service  Arctic  observers. 
Prepared  chiefly  from  official  sources.  By  Prof.  J.  E. 
Nourse,  U.S.N.  Third  edition.  Boston,  B.  B.  Russell 
(1884).  624  pp.  front.,  illus.  23"^ 


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NOURSE,  J.  E.  Narrative  of  the  second  Arctic 
expedition  made  by  Chas.  F.  Hall :  his  voyage  to  Re- 
pulse Bay,  sledge  journeys  to  the  Straits  of  Fury 
and  Hecla  and  to  King  William's  Land,  and  residence 
among  the  Eskimos  during  the  years  1864-69.  Edited 
under  the  orders  of  the  Hon.  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 
by  Prof.  J.  E.  Nourse,  U.S.N.  .  .  .  Washington,  Gov- 
ernment Printing  Office,  1879.  1,644  pp.  front,  port., 
illus.,  maps.  27*^ 


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NUTTALL,  THOMAS.  A  manual  of  the  ornithol- 
ogy of  the  United  States  and  of  Canada.  By  Thomas 
Nuttall  .  .  .  The  land  birds.  Cambridge,  Hilliard  and 

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Brown,  1832.  Two  copies  [i  in  2  vols,  rare,  interleaved 
with  notes  by  former  owner,  Mr.  James  Brown].  — 
Same.  Cambridge,  Milliard  and  Brown,  1832.  i  p., 
I.,  [v]-vi,  683  pp.  illus.  20"°'  —  Same.  2d  ed.,  with 
additions.  Boston,  Hilliard,  Gray  and  Company,  1840. 
viii,  832  pp.,  illus.  20*^- 

NUTTALL,  THOMAS.  A  popular  handbook  of 
the  ornithology  of  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
based  on  Nuttall's  Manual.  By  Montague  Chamber- 
lain .  .  .  Boston,  Little,  Brown  and  Company,  1891. 
2  vols.  col.  front.,  illus.  205*^°*  Title  vignette. 

"This  work  is  practically  an  edition  of  'A  manual  of  the 
ornithology  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,'  written 
by  Thomas  Nuttall."  —  Pref.  Contents:  Vol.  i.  The  land 
birds.  —  Vol.  2.  Game  and  water  birds. 

NUTTALL,  THOMAS.  A  manual  of  the  orni- 
thology of  the  United  States  and  of  Canada.  By 
Thomas  Nuttall  .  .  .  The  water  birds.  Boston, 
Hilliard,  Gray  and  Company,  1834.  vii,  627  pp.   illus. 

Two  copies  in  different  binding  to  go  with  "Land  Birds" 
(1832  and  1840).  Third  copy,  rare,  interleaved  with  notes 
by  former  owner,  Mr.  James  Brown,  in  2  vols. 

NUTTALL,  THOMAS.  A  popular  handbook  of 
the  ornithology  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  .  .  . 
1 89 1.  —  A  popular  handbook  of  the  ornithology  of 
eastern  North  America.  By  Thomas  Nuttall.  2d  rev. 
and  annotated  ed.  By  Montague  Chamberlain.  With 
additions  and  one  hundred  and  ten  illustrations  in 
colors  .  .  .  Boston,  Little,  Brown  and  Company, 
1896.  2  vols,  illus.  20  col.  pi.  (incl.  front.).  2i§°°- 
Title  vignette. 

Contents:  Vol.  i.  The  land  birds.  —  Vol.  2.  Game  and 
water  birds. 

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NUTTALL  ORNITHOLOGICAL  CLUB.  Bulle- 
tin, a  quarterly  journal  of  ornithology.  Editor,  J.  A. 
Allen,  associate  editors,  S.  F.  Baird  and  Elliot  Coues. 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  published  by  the  dub,  1876-83, 
vols.  1-8.  (8  vols,  bound  in  4.)  4  vols.  pi.  (some  col.). 
24°°- 

OATES,  EUGENE  WILLIAM.  Catalogue  of  the 
collection  of  birds'  eggs  in  the  British  Museum  .  .  . 
By  Eugene  W.  Oates.  London,  by  order  of  the  Trus- 
tees, 1901-05.  4  vols.  col.  pi.  23*™- 

OATES,  EUGENE  WILLIAM.  A  handbook  to  the 
birds  of  British  Burmah,  including  those  found  in  the 
adjoining  state  of  Karennee.  By  Eugene  W.  Oates. 
London,  R.  H.  Porter  .  .  .  and  Messrs.  Dulau  &  Co., 
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RIDGWAY,  ROBERT.  Outlines  of  a  natural 
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ROBINSON,  WIRT.  A  flying  trip  to  the  tropics. 
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SALERNE,  M.  L'histoire  naturelle,  6claircie  dans 
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SAMUELS,  EDWARD  AUGUSTUS.  The  birds  of 
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SAMUELS,  EDWARD  AUGUSTUS.  Oology  of 
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SAXBY,  HENRY  L.  The  birds  of  Shetland.  With 
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SHARPE,  R.  BOWDLER.  A  hand-book  of  the 
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STEJNEGER,  LEONHARD.  Results  of  ornitho- 
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ST.  JOHN,  MRS.  HORACE.  Life  of  Audubon,  the 
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STONE,  WITMER.  Methods  of  recording  and 
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STONE,  WITMER.  Report  on  the  birds  and  mam- 
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STONE,  WITMER.  Report  of  the  committee  on 
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STONHAM,  CHARLES.  The  birds  of  the  British 
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STREETS,  THOMAS  H.  Contributions  to  the 
natural  history  of  the  Hawaiian  and  Fanning  Islands 
and  Lower  California,  made  in  connection  with  the 
United  States  North  Pacific  surveying  expedition, 
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STRICKLAND,  HUGH  EDWIN.  The  Dodo  and 
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Part  I.  col.  front.,  65  pp.,  9  woodcuts,  4  pi.  [facsim., 
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STRICKLAND,  HUGH  EDWIN.  Ornithological 
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No  more  published. 

STUDER,  JACOB  H.  The  birds  of  North  America. 
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SUNDEVALL,  CARL  J.  Ett  f6rs6k  att  best'amma 
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SURFACE,  H.  A.  The  economic  value  of  our  native 
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SWAINSON,  WILLIAM.  The  natural  history  of 
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SWAINSON,  WILLIAM.  A  selection  of  the  birds 
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SWAINSON,  WILLIAM.  Fauna  Boreali-Ameri- 
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1831.  Ixvi,  523  pp.  col.  pi.  30*^- 

SWANN,  H.  K.  The  birds  of  London.  By  H.  K. 
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SWARTH,  HARRY  S.  Birds  and  mammals  of 
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SWARTH,  HARRY  S.  Report  on  a  collection  of 
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SWAYSLAND,  W.  Familiar  wild  birds.  By  W. 
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SWINHOE,  ROBERT.  Catalogue  of  the  mam- 
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Autographic  letter  from  R.  Swinhoe  to  H.  M.  Tris- 
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TACZANOWSKI,  DR.  L.  Faune  ornithologique  de 
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TAYLOR,  WALTER  P.  Field  notes  on  amphibi- 
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TEGETMEIER,  W.  B.  Pigeons:  their  structure, 
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190  pp.  col.  illus.   24^™' 

TEMMINCK,  COENRAAD  JACOB.  Nouyeau 
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Illus.  by  maps,  plans  and  drawings.  Fifth  edition 
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THAYER,  GERALD  H.  Concealing-coloration  in 
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S.  Meryman  and  others,  and  with  photographs.  New 
York,  The  Macmillan  Co.,  1909.  xix,  260  pp.  16  col. 
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THOMPSON,  ERNEST  E.  The  birds  of  Manitoba. 
By  Ernest  E.  Thompson,  of  Toronto,  Canada.  Wash- 
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THOMPSON,  WILLIAM.  The  natural  history  of 
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THOMPSON,  ZADOCK.  History  of  Vermont, 
natural,  civil  and  statistical,  in  three  parts,  with  an 
appendix,  1853.  By  Zadock  Thompson.  Burlington. 
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THOMSON,  A.  LANDBOROUGH.  Britain's  birds 
and  their  nests :  described  by  A.  Landborough  Thomson ; 
illus.  with  132  drawings  in  colour.  By  George  Rankin. 
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THOMSON,  SIR  C.  WYVILLE.  Report  of  the 
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lished by  order  of  Her  Majesty's  Government.  Printed 
for  Her  Majesty's  Stationery  Office  and  sold  by 
Longmans  &  Co.  .  .  .  1881.  front,  (col.),  25  col.  pi., 
166  pp.    32^*^- 

TODD,  W.  E.  CLYDE.  A  contribution  to  the  orni- 
thology of  the  Bahama  Islands.  By  W.  E.  Clyde  Todd 
andW.W.  Worthington,  1911.  24!"°-  (Reprinted  from 
Carnegie  Museum  Annals,  vol.  7,  1911,  nos.  3-4.) 

TORREY,  BRADFORD.  Birds  in  the  bush.  By 
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TORREY,  BRADFORD.  The  foot-path  way.  By 
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TORREY,  BRADFORD.  Spring  notes  from  Ten- 
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TORREY,  BRADFORD.  A  world  of  green  hills; 
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TOWNSEND,  CHARLES  H.  Field-notes  on  the 
mammals,  birds  and  reptiles  of  northern  California. 
By  Charles  H.  Townsend.  1887.  pp.  159-241.  i  pi. 
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TOWNSEND,  CHARLES  WENDELL.  Birds  of 
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Cambridge,  Mass.  Pub.  by  the  club,  1905.  352  pp. 
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TOWNSEND,  JOHN  K.  Narrative  of  a  journey 
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TOWNSEND,  JOHN  K.  Ornithology  of  the  United 
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TRISTRAM,  H.  B.  Field  study  in  ornithology.  By 
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TUNSTALL,  MARMADUKE.  Tunstall's  omi- 
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TURNBULL,  WILLIAM  PATERSON.  Birds  of 
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TURNBULL,  WILLIAM  PATERSON.  The  birds 
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TWEEDDALE,  ARTHUR,  Ninth  Marquess  of.  A 
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TWEEDDALE,  ARTHUR,  Ninth  Marquess  of.  A 
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TWEEDDALE,  ARTHUR,  Ninth  Marquess  of. 
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James  Andrews  .  .  .  London,   Houlston  &  Wright, 
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UNDERWOOD,  CECILIO  F.  Avifauna  Costarri- 
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USSHER,  RICHARD  J.  The  birds  of  Ireland;  an 
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including  an  introduction  and  tables  showing  the  dis- 
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plate,  maps,  and  other  illustrations.  London,  Gumey 
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VAN  DYKE,  THEODORE  STRONG.  Game  birds 
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VENNOR.  HENRY  G.  Our  birds  of  prey,  or  the 
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VIEILLOT,  LOUIS  PIERRE.  Vieillot's  analyse 
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VIEILLOT,  LOUIS  PIERRE.  La  gal^rie  des 
oiseaux.  Par  L.  P.  Vieillot  .  .  .  et  par  M.  P.  Oudart 
.  .  .  Paris,  Carpentier-Mericourt,  1834.  2  vols.  358 
pi.  (3  fold.).  25§x22'='°-  Text  by  Vieillot;  plates  by 
Oudart.  First  published,  Paris,  1820-26,  under  title: 
Gal^rie  des  oiseaux  du  cabinet  d'histoire  naturelle  du 
jardin  du  roi. 

WAGLER,  JOHANN  GEORG.  Wagler's  six 
ornithological  memoirs  from  the  "Isis."  Edited  by 
P.  L.  Sclater  .  .  .  London,  1884.  iv,  137  pp.  26*^- 
[The  Willughby  Society.] 

WALLACE,  ALFRED  RUSSEL.  The  Malay 
Archipelago,  the  land  of  the  Orang-Utan  and  the  Bird 
of  Paradise.  A  narrative  of  travel,  with  studies  of  man 
and  nature.  By  Alfred  Russel  Wallace.  London, 
Macmillan  &  Co.,  1898.  xvii,  515  pp.  front.,  illus. 
20^- 

WALLACE,  ALFRED  RUSSEL.  My  life;  a  record 
of  events  and  opinions.    By  Alfred  Russel  Wallace 

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Two  volumes.  New  York,  Dodd,  Mead  &  Company, 
1905.  2  vols,  front.,  illus.  25*^"- 

THE  WARBLER.  A  magazine  of  North  American 
ornithology.  Floral  Park,  N.  Y.  .  .  .  John  Lewis 
Childs,  Editor.  Vols.  1-4,  1903-06.  Floral  Park,  N.  Y., 
1903-06.  4  vols.  pi.  (some  col.).  2'j'^^- 

No  more  published. 

WARREN,  B.  H.  Report  on  the  birds  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, with  special  reference  to  the  food-habits,  based 
on  over  3,000  stomach  examinations.  By  H.  B. 
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pp.   Col.  pi.  and  illus.   23!*^- 

WARREN,  B.  H.  Report  on  the  birds  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, with  special  reference  to  the  food-habits,  based 
on  over  four  thousand  stomach  examinations.  By  B. 
H.  Warren,  M.D.  Second  edition,  revised  and  aug- 
mented. Illus.  by  100  pi.  Published  by  authority  of 
the  commonwealth.  Harrisburg,  E.  K.  Myers,  state 
printer,  1890.  xiv,  434  pp.  col.  pi.  (pi.  I  not  col.). 
24^"- 

WARREN,  JOHN  C.  Remarks  on  some  fossil  im- 
pressions in  the  sandstone  rocks  of  Conn.  River.  By 
John  C.  Warren.   Boston,  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1854.  24'"°- 

WATERTON,  CHARLES.  Wanderings  in  South 
America,  the  northwest  of  the  United  States,  and  the 
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Charles  Waterton.  Including  a  memoir  of  the  author, 
by  Norman  Moose,  M.D.  With  illus.  and  brief  intro- 
duction by  C.  L.  Bull.  New  York,  Sturgis  &  Walton 
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WATSON,  JOHN.  Ornithology  in  relation  to  agri- 
culture and  horticulture,  by  various  writers.  Edited  by 
John  Watson.  London,  W.  H.  Allen  &  Co.,  1893.  220 
pp.  no  illus.  20°°- 

WAYNE,  ARTHUR  TREZEVANT  .  .  .  Birds  of 
South  Carolina.  By  Arthur  Trezevant  Wayne  .  .  . 
With  an  introduction  by  the  editor.  Charleston,  S.  C, 
The  Daggett  Printing  Co.,  1910.  xxi,  254  pp.,  11.  fold, 
map.  245*"°- 

Autograph  copy. 

WEBBER,  C.  W.  Wild  scenes  and  song-birds.  By 
C.  W.  Webber.  New  York,  Leavitt  and  Allen,  1858. 
Xi  347  pp.  col.  front.  24"°- 

WEED,  CLARENCE  MOORES.  The  feeding 
habits  of  the  Chipping  Sparrow.  By  Clarence  M. 
Weed.  —  A  study  of  the  autumn  food  of  the  Myrtle 
Warbler.  By  Clarence  M.  Weed  and  Ned  Dearborn. 
—  The  winter  food  of  the  Chickadee.  By  Clarence  M. 
Weed,  1898.  V.  p.  illus.  22|*='°-  (N.H.  College  Agr. 
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WHEATON,  J.  M.  Report  on  the  birds  of  Ohio. 
By  J.  M.  Wheaton.  Columbus,  Ohio,  Nov.,  1879. 
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WHEELOCK,  MRS.  IRENE  GROSVENOR. 
Birds  of  California ;  an  introduction  to  more  than  three 
hundred  common  birds  of  the  state  and  adjacent 
islands,  with  a  supplementary  list  of  rare  migrants, 
accidental  visitants,  and  hypothetical  subspecies.  By 
Irene  Grosvenor  Wheelock  .  .  .  With  ten  full-page 
plates  and  seventy-eight  drawings  in  the  text,  by  Bruce 
Horsfall.  Chicago,  A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  1904.  xxviii, 
578  pp.  col.  front.,  illus.  (incl.  map),  9  pi.   I9i'^- 

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WHEELOCK,  MRS.  IRENE  GROSVENOR. 
Nestlings  of  forest  and  marsh.  By  Irene  Grosvenor 
Wheelock.  With  twelve  full-page  photogravures  and 
many  illustrations  in  the  text  from  original  photo- 
graphs from  nature,  by  Harry  B.  Wheelock.  Chicago, 
A.  C.  McClurg  &  Co.,  1902.  257  pp.,  11,  front.,  illus., 
pi.  iQl^""- 

WHITE,  GILBERT.  Natural  history  and  antiqui- 
ties of  Selborne.  By  Gilbert  White.  With  notes  by 
Frank  Buckland.  A  chapter  on  antiquities,  by  Lord 
Selborne,  and  new  letters.  Illus.  by  P.  H.  Delamotte. 
London,  Macmillan  &  Co.,  1875.  xxx,  591  pp.  map, 
illus.  23"°- 

WHITEHEAD,  JOHN.  Exploration  of  Mount 
Kina  Balu,  North  Borneo.  By  John  Whitehead.  With 
coloured  plates  and  illustrations.  London,  Gumey  & 
Jackson  .  .  .  1893.    x,  317   pp.    col.    pi.    and   illus. 

WHITLOCK,  F.  B.  The  birds  of  Derbyshire,  with 
map  and  6  illustrations.  By  F.  B.  Whitlock.  Anno- 
tated, with  numerous  additions,  by  A.  S.  Hutchinson. 
London,  Bemrose  &  Sons,  Ltd.  .  .  .  1893.  vi,  339  pp. 
front,  (map),  illus.  22|*='°- 

WHITLOCK,  F.  B.  The  migration  of  birds;  a  con- 
sideration of  Herr  Gatke's  views.  By  F.  B.  Whitlock 
.  .  .  London,  R.  H.  Porter,  1897.  vi,  140  pp.  225*='°- 

WHITNEY,  CASPAR.  Jungle  trails  and  jungle 
people;  travel,  adventure  and  observation  in  the  far 
east.  By  Caspar  Whitney.  New  York,  Charles 
Scribner's  Sons,  1905.  xv,  310  pp.  front.,  photographs 
and  full-page  illus.  22 1*""* 

WHYMPER,  CHARLES.  Egyptian  birds  for  the 
most  part  seen  in  the  Nile  VaUey.  By  Charles  Whym- 

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per.  London,  Adam  and  Charles  Black,  1909.  221  pp. 
front,  (col.),  col.  illus. 

WIDMANN,  OTTO.  Preliminary  catalogue  of  the 
birds  of  Missouri.  (Academy  of  Science,  St.  Louis, 
vol.  17,  1907,  no.  I.)  288  pp.  24'''°' 

WILLCOX,  MARY  ALICE.  Pocket  guide  to  the 
common  land  birds  of  New  England.  By  M.  A.  Will- 
cox  .  .  .  Boston,  Lee  and  Shepard,  1895.  xii,  158  pp. 
I5lxii^'-- 

Cover-title:  The  common  land  birds  of  New  England. 

WILLIAMS,  C.  Child's  natural  history  of  birds. 
By  C.  Williams.  Philadelphia,  H.  C.  Peck  &  Theo. 
Bliss,  n.  d.  vi-191  pp.  front.,  illus.  S*""** 

WILLIS,  JOHN  R.  List  of  birds  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Compiled  from  notes  by  Lieut.  Blakiston,  R.A.,  and 
Lieut.  Bland,  R.E.,  made  in  1852-55.  By  Prof.  J.  R. 
Willis,  of  Halifax.  —  List  of  birds  of  Bermuda.  By 
Lieut.  Bland,  R.E.;  communicated  by  John  R.  Willis. 
280-289  pp.  22|*''°- 

WILLUGHBY,  FRANCIS.  De  Middleton  in  agro 
Warwicensi,  armigeri,  e  regia  societate.  Omitholo- 
giae:  libri  tres,  in  quibus  aves  omnes  hactenus  cog- 
nitae  in  methodum  naturis  suis  convenientem  redactae 
accurate  describuntur,  descriptiones  iconibus  elegantis- 
simis  et  vivarum  avium  simillimis,  aeri  incisis  illus- 
trantur.  Totum  opus  recognovit,  digessit,  supplevit 
Joannes  Raius:  sumptus  in  chalcographos  fecit  illus- 
triss.  D.  Emma  Willughby,  vidua.  Londini,  impensis 
Joannis  Martyn,  Regiae  Societatis  typographi,  ad 
insigne  campanae  in  Caemeterio  D.  Pauli,  1676.  307 
pp.  77  pi.  38*^"- 

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WILLUGHBY,  FRANCIS.  The  ornithology  of 
Francis  Willughby,  of  Middleton,  in  the  County  of 
Warwick,  Eng.,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society:  in  three 
books,  wherein  all  the  birds  hitherto  known  being 
reduced  into  a  method  suitable  to  their  natures  are 
accurately  described  ...  to  which  are  added  three 
considerable  discourses  ...  by  John  Ray.  London. 
Printed  ...  for  John  Martyn  .  .  .  1678.  10  pp.  441 
pp.,  6  pp.   78  pi.  37^'"- 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  American  ornithology; 
or.  The  natural  history  of  the  birds  of  the  United 
States.  Illus.  with  plates  engraved  and  colored  from 
original  drawings  taken  from  nature.  By  Alexander 
Wilson,  with  a  sketch  of  the  author's  life  by  George 
Ord.  In  three  vols.  Collins  &  Co.,  New  York;  Harri- 
son Hall,  Philadelphia,  1828-29.  3  vols.  24§"°- 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  American  ornithology; 
or.  The  natural  history  of  the  birds  of  the  United 
States.  By  Alexander  Wilson.  Plates  engraved  and 
coloured  from  original  drawings  taken  from  nature. 
New  York,  Philadelphia,  1829.  76  col.  pi.  ist  copy, 
39°°-  2d,  46*="- 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  American  ornithology; 
or,  The  natural  history  of  birds  of  the  United  States. 
By  Alexander  Wilson ;  with  a  continuation  by  Charles 
Lucien  Bonaparte,  .  .  .  the  illustrative  notes,,  and  life 
of  Wilson,  by  Sir  William  Jardine.  In  three  volumes. 
1832,  Whittaker,  Treacher  &  Amot,  London,  .  .  . 
Edinburgh.  3  vols,  front.,  pi.  22§ 


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WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  American  ornithology, 
or,  The  natural  history  of  the  birds  of  the  United 
States;  illustrated  with  plates  engraved  and  colored 
from  original  drawings  from  nature.    By  Alexander 

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Wilson  and  Charles  Lucien  Bonaparte.  With  a  sketch 
of  the  life  of  Wilson  by  George  Ord,  and  a  classification 
of  the  genera  and  species  of  American  birds,  by  Spencer 
F.  Baird. .  Philadelphia,  Porter  &  Coates,  1871.  3  vols, 
and  folio  atlas  containing  103  pi.  (pi.  i  wanting).  26|'^"' 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  American  ornithology; 
or,  The  natural  history  of  the  birds  of  the  United 
States:  illustrated  with  plates  engraved  and  colored 
from  original  drawings  taken  from  nature.  By  Alex- 
ander Wilson.  Philadelphia,  1880.  9  vols.  76  col.  pi. 
35^"- 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  The  foresters:  a  poem 
descriptive  of  a  pedestrian  journey  to  the  Falls  of 
Niagara  in  the  autumn  of  1804.  By  the  author  of 
"American  ornithology."  Newtown  (Penn.),  July, 
1818.  106  pp.  i8§*'™'  (Front,  and  port,  of  author 
loose.) 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  The  poems  and  literary 
prose  of  Alexander  Wilson,  the  American  ornithologist, 
for  the  first  time  fully  collected  and  compared  with  the 
original  and  early  editions,  mss.,  etc.  With  memorial 
introduction,  essay,  notes,  illus.  and  glossary,  by  the 
Rev.  A.  B.  Grosart.  Paisley:  Alexander  Gardner, 
1876.  2  vols,  illus.  2o|°°- 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  Wilson's  American 
ornithology,  with  notes  by  Jardine :  to  which  is  added 
a  synopsis  of  American  birds,  including  those  described 
by  Bonaparte,  Audubon,  Nuttall,  and  Richardson. 
By  T.  M.  Brewer.  Boston,  Otis,  Broaders  and  Com- 
pany,  1840.   viii,  746  pp.   front.  2  t.-p.,    illus.,  pl. 

WILSON,  ALEXANDER.  Wilson's  American  orni- 
thology, with  notes  by  Jardine:  to  which  is  added  a 

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synopsis  of  American  birds,  including  those  described 
by  Bonaparte,  Audubon,  Nuttall,  and  Richardson. 
By  T.  M.  Brewer.  New  York,  Charles  L.  Cornish, 
1854.  viii,  746  pp.  col.  t*-p.  and  front.,  illus.  (some 
col.).  23^- 

WILSON,  EDWARD  A.  Vertebrata  aves.  By 
Edward  A.  Wilson.  With  thirteen  plates.  British 
Museum,  1907.  xiv,  121  pp.  i  illus.  13  col.  pi.  32*^°" 
(Reprinted  from  National  Antarctic  Expedition,  Nat- 
ural History,  vol.  ll.) 

Autograph  copy. 

WILSON,  JAMES.  Illustrations  of  zoology,  being 
representations  of  new,  rare,  or  remarkable  subjects  of 
the  animal  kingdom,  drawn  and  coloured  after  nature, 
with  historical  and  descriptive  details.  By  James 
Wilson.  William  Blackwood,  Edinburgh  and  London, 
1831.  ii,  4  pp.  col.  pi.  41'="' 

Extremely  rare. 

WILSON,  JAMES.  The  rod  and  the  gun;  being  two 
treatises  on  angling  and  shooting.  By  James  Wilson, 
and  by  the  author  of  the  "Oakleigh  Shooting  Code." 
New  edition.  Edinburgh,  Adam  and  Charles  Black, 
North  Bridge,  1844.  vii,  460  pp.  front.,  ill. 

WILSON,  SCOTT  B.  Aves  Hawaiienses:  The  birds 
of  the  Sandwich  Islands.  By  Scott  B.  Wilson,  assisted 
by  A.  H.  Evans.  London,  R.  H.  Porter,  1890-99.  xxv, 
257  pp.  col.  pi.  and  other  pi.  33*^* 

WILSON  BULLETIN.  Vols.  5  to  date,  1895  to 
date.   Oberlin,  Ohio,  1895  to  date. 

WINTLE,  ERNEST  D.  The  birds  of  Montreal. 
By  Ernest  D.  Wintle,  .  .  .  Montreal,  W.  Dysdale  & 

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Co.,  1896.    xiv,  281   pp.    front,   [map],  2   full-page 
illus.  23"°- 

WITCHELL,  CHARLES  A.  The  evolution  of  bird- 
song,  with  observations  on  the  influence  of  heredity 
and  limitations.  By  Charles  A.  Witchell  .  .  .  London, 
A.  and  C.  Black,  1896.    x,  253  pp.   I9|*='°- 

WOOD,  JOHN  G.,  REV.  The  new  illustrated 
natural  history.  By  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Wood.  With  de- 
signs by  Wolf  .  .  .  engraved  by  the  Bros.  Dalziel. 
George  Routledge  &  Sons,  London,  .  .  .  New  York, 
.  .  .  n.  d.   795  pp.  illus.  26*"°' 

WOOD,  NEVILLE.  The  ornithologist's  text-book; 
being  reviews  of  ornithological  works;  with  an  appen- 
dix containing  discussions  on  various  topics  of  interest. 
By  Neville  Wood,  Esq.  London,  John  W.  Parker, 
1836.  232  pp.  19*="- 

WOOD,  T.  W.  Curiosities  of  ornithology.  With 
beautifully  col.  illus.  from  drawings  by  T.  W.  Wood 
and  other  eminent  artists.  London,  Groombridge  & 
Sons.  64  pp.  front,  (col.),  col.  illus.,  n.  d.  (about 
1765).  22^"- 

WOODCOCK,  A.  R.  Annotated  list  of  the  birds  of 
Oregon.  A.  R.  Woodcock.  Oregon  Agricultural  College 
Printing  Office,  1902.  17  pp.  22^*^™-  (Oregon  Agric. 
Exper.  Station.   Bulletin  no.  38,  Jan.,  1902.) 

WOODRUFF,  FRANK  MORLEY.  The  birds  of 
the  Chicago  area.  By  Frank  Morley  Woodruff.  (Chi- 
cago Academy  of  Sciences,  Natural  History  Survey, 
Bulletin  no.  6.)  221pp.  11  pi.  24^"°- 

WRIGHT,  HORACE  WINSLOW.  Birds  of  the 
Public  Garden.    A  study  in  migration.    By  Horace 

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Winslow  Wright.  With  an  introduction  by  Bradford 
Torrey,  and  illus.  Boston  and  New  York,  Houghton 
Mifflin  Co.,  1909.  xiii,  238  pp.  front.,  illus.   i8'''°- 

WRIGHT,  MABEL  OSGOOD.  Birdcraft.  A  field 
book  of  two  hundred  song,  game,  and  water  birds.  By 
Mabel  Osgood  Wright.  With  full-page  plates  contain- 
ing 128  birds  in  the  natural  colours,  and  other  illustra- 
tions. New  York  and  London,  Macmillan  &  Co.,  1895. 
xvi,  317  pp.    14  col.  pi.   2I*'"' 

WURDEMAN,  GUSTAVUS.  Letter  relative  to  the 
obtaining  of  specimens  of  Flamingoes  and  other  birds 
from  South  Florida.  By  the  late  Gustavus  Wurdeman. 
Indian  Key,  Fla.,  Aug.  27,  1857.  426-430  pp.  22|*"°- 

WYATT,  CLAUDE  W.  British  birds:  being  col- 
oured illustrations  of  all  the  species  of  Passerine  birds 
resident  in  the  British  Isles,  with  some  notes  in  refer- 
ence to  their  plumage.  By  Claude  W.  Wyatt.  London, 
William  Westley   &   Son,  1894-99.    2   vols.  col.  pi. 

WYATT,  THOMAS.  A  synopsis  of  natural  history: 
embracing  the  natural  history  of  animals,  with  human 
and  general  animal  physiology,  botany,  vegetable 
physiology,  and  geology.  Translated  from  the  latest 
French  edition  of  C.  Lemmonier,  with  additions  from 
the  works  of  Cuvier,  Dumaril,  Lacepede  ...  By 
Thomas  Wyatt.  Illus.  by  pi.  Philadelphia,  Thomas 
Wardle,  1839.   141  pp.  49  pi.  front.  25*^ 


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XANTUS,  JOHN.  Descriptions  of  supposed  new 
species  of  birds,  from  Cape  .St.  Lucas,  Lower  Cal.  By 
John  Xantus.  —  Notes  on  a  collection  of  birds,  made 
by  John  Xantus,  Esq.,  at  Cape  St.  Lucas,  Lower  Cal., 
and  now  in  the  Museum  of  the  Smithsonian  Institu- 

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Academy  of  Nat.  Sci.  of  Philadelphia,  Nov.,  1859.) 

YARRELL,  WILLIAM.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
By  William  Yarrell  .  .  .  Illustrated  by  520  wood- 
engravings  .  .  .  London,  J.  van  Voorst,  1845.  Second 
edition.  3  vols,  illus.  22*^™'  Title  vignettes. 

YARRELL,  WILLIAM.  A  history  of  British  birds. 
By  William  Yarrell.  Fourth  edition,  in  4  vols.,  illus.  by 
564  wood-engravings.  London,  John  van  Voorst, 
1871-85.  4  vols.  Vols.  I  and  2,  revised  and  enlarged 
by  Alfred  Newton.  Vols.  3  and  4,  revised  and  enlarged 
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YARRELL,  WILLIAM.  On  a  new  species  of  wild 
swan,  taken  in  England  and  hitherto  confounded  with 
the  Hooper.  By  William  Yarrell,  Esq.,  F.L.S.  Read 
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YARRELL,  WILLIAM.  On  the  organs  of  voice  in 
birds.  By  William  Yarrell,  Esq.,  F.L.S.  Read  June  2 
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Histoire  des  oiseaux  du  Br6sil,  remarquables  par  leur 
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